still looking for decent PDF annotation tool

[Dotan Cohen]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:58, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
> The PDF reader "Okular" contains a seemingly smart functionality for
> this purpose. It is the same package which is being pointed at the
> page you have found yourself:
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/1529/how-can-i-highlight-pdf
>
> To annotate, etc.:open the PDF document in Okular
> tools > review or F6.
> You can make text annotations "inline" or next to the text.
> Additionally, you can make yellow highlights, straight yellow lines,
> polygons, put stamp symbols, underline the text with a black line and
> make cyan ellipses.
> Okular is a typical KDE/Kubuntu package. However, it is also possible
> to install it from the repository in any other *Ubuntu distribution.
> Respectfully yours,
>

The problem is that Okular does not support "PDF Annotations". The
annotations that Okular provide are in it's own unique format (in a
sidecar file), incompatible with "PDF Annotations" even though it
shares the same name. When the OP sends a PDF that was annotated with
Okular, the recipient will not see the annotations. Even if he is also
using Okular.

I recommend Xournal to the OP.


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