I suppose there's a variety of reasons for this, but two possibilities come to my mind, and both cannot be excluded so far
(1) You're using the wrong highlight tool in PDF Expert - the one that does not actually highlight the text, but the one that basically works like a real highlighter by allowing you to arbitrarily highlight anything in any shape anywhere on the page. Then the note will not have any text content because it is only associated with a position, not any text. (2) Your sample PDFs are affected by the lovely bug in PDFKit that completely destroys the PDF encoding. If you say "the note are perfectly visible with Preview", does that mean that the "Highlight&Notes" pane (http://moultriecreek.us/gazette/files/2012/08/Preview102-640x463.jpg) actually shows the text content of the highlight when opening the PDF? If yes, (1) and (2) can be exluded. If it is (2), viewing the "Highlight&Notes" pane will display a bunch of aliens (honestly: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/61437/preview-copies-aliens-how-to-change-the-encoding-make-it-work). -- Mechternstr. 1 D-50823 Köln (Germany) E: [email protected] P: (+49)-221-677-71160 M: (+49)-176-307 98871 F: (+49)-221-677-711609 On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Nicola Carboni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I would like to export my highlights in a text file, and I have some problems > doing so. > I usually highlight my papers on the iPad (PDF Expert), then sync with > dropbox. I then open them with Skim, convert the notes, and then export them > in a txt file. But the output is the following one: > > * Highlight, page 2 > * Highlight, page 2 > * Highlight, page 3 > > Instead of the actual text! > I tried with different PDF and I have the same problem. > What I am doing wrong? > > Thanks in advance! > > Nicola > > P.s. the note are perfectly visible with Preview > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
