Cannot Enable Commenting/Annotations Tools

I want to enable the use of Commenting/Annotations tools in Reader by setting up a shared review via Acrobat 10 Standard. From what I've read it seems that I should be able to do this by simply using the Shared Review wizard, however the PDF it generates only has the Sticky and Highlighter tools available in Reader.
I've read many different discussions on this issue, which tend to say things like "well you have to enable commenting through Acrobat"... and I get that, but my quesiton is how to do so. I've also seen step by step instructions such as "go to 'File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Commenting and Mesuring'..." which I've attempted but I only have 'F > SA > REPDF > Enable Forms Fill-In & Save in Reader' as an option.
Perhaps this has something to do with Acrobat 10 Standard (i.e. not Pro)?
So please contribute an answer if you know the solution to my problem
Thank You!

In Adobe v.7.1.0, Standard Version, the Comments menu does not have the
"Enable for Commenting" option.
Please see attached.
Is it only in Adobe Acrobat, v.8.0, that the Enable for Commenting
option exists to allow your reviewers who only have Reader to add
comments to the PDF document that you distribute?
Best regards,
Susan Steen

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Currently, I use Adobe Acrobat 7.0 to PDF documents and then send them out for review.
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In Adobe v.7.1.0, Standard Version, the Comments menu does not have the
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Please see attached.
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Perhaps that's what drog should do - have his plugin give instructions to the user to save to disk and open directly with Acrobat/Reader. It's fairly simple to recognize when the PDF is viewed in a browser. If this approach is not acceptable to his workflow, then drog is going to have to re-invent the wheel and write a custom annotation handler to add/modify annotations.
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How to enable commenting tools in Adobe Reader in a C# application

When Iam using Adobe Reader, Iam not able to get the JSObject to set Collab.showAnnotToolsWhenNoCollab = true. Please let me know how to proceed enabling comminting tools for Adobe Reader
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What do you mean you are "using Adobe Reader'? Inside of a browser? Inside of your application? Stand-alone?
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Clicking the link to the .PDF launches the file in a browser (same gimped toolbar for both IE 8 and Firefox). When I right-click the .PDF toolbar in-browser, I have access to the following toolbars:
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Our problem is that we would like to be able to attach small files (Word, jpeg, etc.) during the Send for Shared Review as described in the videos and online help.
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