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I just got an heavily commented pdf, when I open it in Preview, all annotations (highlights, notes) are "hidden", i.e. do not show up in the left margin. I can display them by clicking on them but I would like to see them all at once without having to click on each of them individually. I couldn't find a menu item but maybe I missed it? Or is there a keyboard shortcut?

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What version of OS X do you have? 10.8 only seems to display highlights and anchored notes in the sidebar. – Lauri Ranta Aug 30 '12 at 4:25
I have 10.7.4 and so Preview 5.5.2 – FrenchKheldar Aug 30 '12 at 5:56
Has anyone found a way to do this in 10.8+ yet? – cclark Apr 8 at 18:49

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This is a workaround, as I couldn't find a hotkey or menu option to do this. Still, clicking

View > Hide Notes

and then

View > Show Notes

Will show all anotations. I can now see all the annotations without manually clicking them. This worked on Preview 5.5.1.

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