Sometimes I get my list mixed up. I posted it because Chuck asked for
a way to attach notes to a preview document with no luck or
alternative. After that someone asked if links could be clicked in
Preview like the way it's done in Windows. I posted the application
because it was accessible. Thus solving Chuck's unanswered problem and
not knowing if links actually worked with full intentions of bringing
the app to life or should I say back to life. Thanks
On Mar 31, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Buddy and Shaun,
Buddy asked:
You can click on links in Preview. The trick is knowing what actually
is hyperlinked as this is not announced. So what's this other app got
over preview?
On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:54 AM, vashaun jones wrote:
Listers I ran across a PDF viewer that I would like to share. I
don't know if it will allow us to click on links in a PDF but it's
pretty full featured. It's name is Skim and you can find it at
http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ Let me know how you guys like it.
Yvonne Thompsen, who has pointed to a lot of great tips, originally
posted about Skim to this list. Here's her post from last May.
The main features mentioned are the note-taking capabilities.
Of course, Preview under Leopard (not available at the time
of her post) has been augmented, too.
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Anyway. I'm almost afraid to do this after the chaos I caused last
time, but I've got a new application to mention. Please let me know
if I'm doing too many of these things.
This time, it's an alternative to preview called Skim. It's almost
identical to preview, keystrokes, menus etc, with one major
difference that's important to us as blind users, you can make notes
inside your document. In other words, you're reading a computer book
in your PDF reader, you come across an interesting bit of
information, hit a hotkey and write a note. You can also annotate
with boxes and circles etc, but I obviously haven't experimented
much with this.
Once you've got a bunch of notes, you can have an outline view of
all your notes alongside your document if you want. You can also, as
of the last version, export the notes as RTF files, complete with
the page number the note was on.
Again, it's completely accessible, controls have VO help, and it's
free and open source.
you can download it at http://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app
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Cheers,
Esther
