On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 04:36:10PM +0100, Guilhem Bonnefille wrote:
> Hi,

Hi.

> 
> I'm looking for a GNU/Linux software to add annotations/comments (not
> sure about the correct vocabulary) on a PDF. By annotation/comment I
> mean something like a post-it, like a tooltip, with author name,
> timestamp and description. These annotations/comments will then be
> listed in the "Comments" tab of Acrobat Reader and viewable inside the
> annotated page.
> 
> It seems that "Acrobat Standard" does the job, but does not run on
> GNU/Linux.
> 
> Is it possible to do this with PDFEdit?
> Certainly yes, but I feel that PDFEdit is a powerfull tool, with lot of
> lowlevel functions (draw line, draw area, draw text...) and my
> requirements seems to be a high level feature (add a post-it).
> Probably my job can be done more easily with script. Does anybody
> already did some script like that?

I am still not sure, what do you mean by annotation (I don't know
Acrobat Reader). Nevertheless, PDF format supports Annotation as 

( from the PDFreference, Chapter 8.4 Annotations:
 An annotation associates an object such as a note, sound, or movie with
 a location on a page of a PDF document, or provides a way to interact with 
 the user by means of the mouse and keyboard. PDF includes a wide variety 
 of standard annotation types, described in detail in Section 8.4.5, 
 Annotation Types.
 Many of the standard annotation types may be displayed in either the 
 open or the closed state. When closed, they appear on the page in some 
 distinctive form, such as an icon, a box, or a rubber stamp, depending 
 on the specific annotation type.
 ...
)

If you are thinking of this type of annotation, then unfortunately there
is only very basic functionality, which is not visible to the users.
However it is on the TODO list.

> 
> Thanks for any answer.
> 

Best regards
-- 
Michal Hocko


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