"Invalid Annotation Object" error

[D***@adobeforums.com]

I'm using Windows XP Pro (SP3) on a 2.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM computer, and while working in an Adobe Acrobat 9 document, I had just saved the file (CTRL+S) and the document froze and I got a Windows error box that asked if I wanted to send an error report, which I did. When I opened Adobe again, it asked if I wanted to open the last file which didn't save correctly, which I did.

Then when I proceeded to work in the document and tried to highlight a sentence I was going to delete, I got an Adobe Acrobat popup box that said "Invalid Annotation Object. OK" but no matter how many times I clicked on "OK," the box kept popping up and wouldn't go away. I tried saving a copy of the document, but the same box was in it and wouldn't go away. I couldn't even work in the document to extract pages or anything else. Huge problem!

Does anyone know what can I do to resolve this problem? (This happened on a Saturday when Adobe phone support is not accessible.)

[S***@adobeforums.com]

You may want to try to run it thru Distiller.

Appligent Document Solutions
www.appligent.com

[lkassuba]

If you're using Pro. you might try using the Document > Examine Document command to remove your Annotation and Comments.

[S***@adobeforums.com]

I had the same problem, but I believe it was because Adobe didn't close correctly the time before and the file lost some consistency. I had to delete the corrupted pages through the "Document" menu and start them over again. Hope that helps!

[R***@adobeforums.com]

I have had the same problem. For me, Adobe was closed normally on the last occasion; there is no corruption. I had spent over 3 hours adding my annotation and comments as that was the point of using this program...so I don't really want to revert to the original file as this has now happened four times, on each occasion that I have tried to annotate this.

Distiller...not sure what this is or how it will help?

I have tried emailing my document to another user who only had reader installed; they experience the same problem when trying to read it (I managed to save the document as after I press ok about ten times, the message disappears. It then comes up again when I start to move - scrolling up or down. As it's a ten page document....!!)

I have tried saving copies under new file names etc, etc, etc...

Are there any ideas on how to actually fix this without starting from scratch a fifth time - third time lucky didn't do the trick!!!!

Thanks in advance

[z***@adobeforums.com]

when I check to insert any pages in my pdf document, I get the error message :
"Invalid annotation object"
can you help me please for urgence !
thanks.

[R***@adobeforums.com]

I have researched this some...I have found a 99% solution, and will be in further contact with Adobe tomorrow.

The 99% solution...if Adobe crashes while you are working on a document (firstly, pray like anything you have saved it recently...) before working on your document again, open up a random PDF after the crash, then close adobe...so that it has closed normally, without crashing.

Now open your document. 80% of the time your document will not have corrupted if you follow this method. Unfortunately, if it does corrupt, you have to find the corrupt page or pages - easiest way I found was to navigate using the up/down arrows rather than scrolling. You then have to delete these pages, and re-insert clean ones.

You won't be able to reinsert until after all the corrupted ones have been deleted.

This is just my solution so far and not anything Adobe have told me, so if this is a fluke just for me I apologise.......

Good luck! I will be speaking to Adobe AT LENGTH re this tomorrow so fingers crossed....

[lkassuba]

<Then when I proceeded to work in the document and tried to highlight a sentence I was going to delete, I got an Adobe Acrobat popup box that said "Invalid Annotation Object. OK" but no matter how many times I clicked on "OK," the box kept popping up and wouldn't go away.>

Are you using any 3rd party annotation tools?

[R***@adobeforums.com]

Hi...as I said I would update this, I thought I'd better...

I have spoken to Adobe who have asked us to work through their troubleshooting guide to rule out all other errors...

<http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401589>

As we have this problem with a couple of users at my workplace we're going to see how this works out and then speak to Adobe again if it doesn't resolve the problem!!

PS - I know it wasn't at me, but we're not using any 3rd party annotation tools...

[B***@adobeforums.com]

1/16/09 I have had the exact same problem and tried everything and nothing works. Looks like I will have to get a fresh file and start again. I worked on that file the entire day and lost it all.

[D***@adobeforums.com]

Bill: I have had it happen to me more than once. The only way I've in some ways "resolved" it is to have a business associate of mine take the file and open it in a Mac format and extract the pages and clean up the file for me to start over in. He suggests saving all files with a new name every now and then (every half hour or whatever) as you work in them. So, now that's just what I do. Apparently Windows has more problems with these types of issues than Mac. I might have to go Mac next computer. (sigh)

[R***@adobeforums.com]

A work around I found for a 476 page book was to simply page through until you found the offending page then extract all pages (select save as individual pages) then recreate the file. Hopefully you have a clean file that you can use to insert the missing or offending pages. This was the only way I could a file that became corrupted while the author was inputting edits to the layout. The Author was using the free reader version so the "enable for commenting in reader" function had been used. The file would not allow me to save it in any way.
In my scenario it worked...good luck.

[P***@adobeforums.com]

Does "Advanced PDF Repair" work?

[P***@adobeforums.com]

found another, free, repair program but it found "no errors". It seems that I have 3 related problems:

1."The document could not be saved. There was a problem reading this document (14)."

2."Invalid annotation object."

3."The document could not be printed." &
"There were no pages selected to print."

[lkassuba]

Are these files created using an Adobe product or a third-party tool?

[B***@adobeforums.com]

I had the same problem and lost a full day of work.

All of my documents have been created with Acrobat 9 Pro running Windows XP. I continue to have the problem (invalid annotation object) so I just save often and save under another name. I haven't found a successful fix. I have found that 9 Pro is a very unstable product when compared to the previous version (with which I never had a problem). It is constantly crashing.

Bill

[H***@adobeforums.com]

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