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Subject : Re: LUG: PDF annotation in Linux

From : "Daniel Underwood" <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:37:29 -0500

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Thanks for the good suggestions. I do have Mendeley, though I don't use it as much as I probably should. Didn't realize it allows for annotating. Will check this out.

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011, at 01:19 PM, Samuel Leeman-Munk wrote:
> I'd like to put another vote in for Mendeley. It's a little bit more work
> to get a PDF into it to start annotating, but the additional features more
> than make up for the inconvenience, especially if you're doing this for a
> research paper.
>
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Stephanie King <smking3@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>
> > Xournal does have an "Export to PDF" option, that's what I've always used.
> >
> > - Stephanie King
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Daniel Underwood <
> > daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks. But from what I've read, Xournal won't save the annotations in
> >> the PDF itself. So it can't be exported for another person to view in
> >> Evince, for example. Is this correct?
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Stephanie King wrote:
> >> > I've used Xournal a couple times to annotate PDFs. I think it's mostly
> >> > designed for annotating with a tablet, but it still might be worth a
> >> try.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > - Stephanie King
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Daniel Underwood <
> >> > daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Hey folks,
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm interested to hear if anyone has had success annotating PDF files
> >> in
> >> > > Linux. When I say annotate, I mean putting lines through text,
> >> inserting
> >> > > notes, etc.
> >> > >
> >> > > I've found some sites where people discuss alternatives, but the
> >> sites are
> >> > > very old and the alternatives are claimed to not work flawlessly.
> >> And many
> >> > > of the alternatives Someone suggested using PDF-XChange Viewer
> >> under WINE
> >> > > because it runs perfectly. I will try this, but I'm more interested
> >> (of
> >> > > course) in a native Linux solution.
> >> > >
> >> > > Anyone?
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > > Daniel
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Daniel Underwood
> >> > > North Carolina State University
> >> > > PhD Student - Industrial Engineering
> >> > > email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
> >> > > phone: XXX.302.3291
> >> > > fax: XXX.515.5281
> >> > > web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> --
> >> Daniel Underwood
> >> North Carolina State University
> >> PhD Student - Industrial Engineering
> >> email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
> >> phone: XXX.302.3291
> >> fax: XXX.515.5281
> >> web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/
> >>
> >>
> >
>
--
Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
PhD Student - Industrial Engineering
email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
phone: XXX.302.3291
fax: XXX.515.5281
web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/


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