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I had Acrobat Pro 8 (version 8.2.1) intsalled on my machine last week. I had been using Pro 7, but due to problems with it my IT folks upgraded me. At first, all was well. However, two days ago I went to highlight a document and the highlight tool was missing (I had made shortuts to it and other frequently used tools). Per Pro 8s' Help:
You can use the Highlight Text tool, Cross-Out Text tool, and the Underline Text tool to add comments by themselves or in conjunction with notes. The Cross-Out Text tool and the Underline Text tool don’t appear in the Comment & Markup toolbar, by default. You can add a highlight with a note or cross out text by selecting the text using the Select tool or Text Edits tool or and choosing that option from the menu that appears. However, if you’re marking up a lot of text, the specialized tools are faster and easier to use.
Choose Tools > Comment & Markups, and select the Highlight Text tool , the Cross-Out Text tool , or the Underline Text tool...
Comment & Markups doesn't appear in either View>Toolbars or Tools. Anyone have any ideas where it's gone to?
Thanks, kratsmit

Yes, it's sitting in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\plug_ins. Reader's version's at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\plug_ins. I have a theory, but not sure it's accurate.
As I mentioned earlier, I was having trouble with Pro 7, which is why IT installed Pro 8. However, they didn't bother uninstalling/rebooting the machine before Pro 8 was loaded, which is something that I always do on computers where I have Admin rights. I'm wondering if this latest Acrobat problem is in some way related to earlier issues that I had with 7...?
I'm going to try to see if Acrobat will do a repair with my limited rights and then restart the machine. Will post afterwards what I find.

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