ABF Guide · Local-first review workflow

Export Overleaf review comments without sending manuscript data to another service

For manuscripts and confidential review material, keep the source and captured review data on your own machine whenever practical.

Minimize what you capture

Export only the review items you actually need.

Keep captured review data, LaTeX source and generated annotations on the same workstation.

Do not silently attach feedback to the wrong sentence; preserve non-unique matches for manual review.

Separate the annotation layer from the manuscript so a clean source remains available.

See the local-only workflow

Export visible Overleaf review comments and tracked-change information into LaTeX/PDF-ready annotations using a local-only workflow.

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