Software for PDF-annotating collaboration

[Dotan Cohen]

On 2 May 2010 19:43, Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net> wrote:
> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A user's office receives documents in PDF format, and the various
>> bodies must collaborate and discuss the PDF by email. What software
>> can annotate PDF files with highlighting, notes, and simple drawing,
>> that is suitable for collaboration? KDE's Okular does annotate PDF
>> files in this fashion, however the annotation format is not suitable
>> for collaboration.
>
> Is there any wiggle room for the pdf requirement as the document
> source? The reason I ask is that pdf is not a particularly good choice
> for the raw document source given the other requirements. It makes a
> great export / publishing format, surely, but ideally the document
> source itself could, or should, be in a more editing friendly format
> (eg html or ms-doc). Then when its time to publish, just hit a button.
> That would give many more options for the other requirements.
>
> That being said, if they can start with a more neutral format, google
> docs has some great collaborative tools, including revision history,
> notations, and real time per document chat (a new feature). And can be
> published or shared at any point, of course, as pdf.
>
> Another option is Adobe has an online document collaboration suite,
> that is "free", and surely supports pdf. Not sure about all the other
> requirements but might be worth looking at.
>

Thanks, but there is no wiggle room. The documents are patents and
legal documents, which are available and served only in PDF. That's
the whole problem!


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