Just to make sure we are on the same page here: you are setting the compile dialogue at the top to “Print”, and clicking the “Compile” button, and the output has comments and annotations in it? I just want to make sure you aren’t saving your compile settings and then Ctrl+P printing normally from the editor, because the two have little to do with one another.
If you are compiling to print, could you try PDF instead? I don’t myself see the result you are describing.
As an experiment, I tried all of the options in the Assign Section Layouts button, from Part Number to As-Is. Every time the text printed, it did so with the comments inline. And yes, the comments are linked comments, not inline comments.
Yeah that shouldn’t make any difference. The compile settings you ticked are what determine whether comments and annotations are printed. The Format may change how they look or function, but only if you choose to export them. Layouts are even a step removed from that. If you double-click on the Format to edit it you’ll see what I mean. There is a dedicated pane for setting up how comments and footnotes work. Layouts only change how each individual binder item would look—adding headers, changing the font, that sort of thing.
To add to the frustration, I use Times New Roman in the editor. Every time the document printed, the letters were bunched together. For example, in “loved,” the “o” touches the “l.” In “had,” the “a” touches the “h.” Proportional fonts run amok. The document looks terrible.
With regards to that, this discussion should help. The question there is based on export, but there is also a setting for editor hinting.
Alternatively, and for export only, if you have a copy of Office fully installed, you may also switch to using its libraries for PDF output (which may impact print, I’m not positive).
- In the Sharing: Conversion tab, click “Export Converters”.
- From there you can change the file format to “PDF” and select the export engine to the right of that.