Hello,
I have been given a pdf file with comments written in Adobe. All I get are tiny yellow balloons with (physical) lines indicating that there are comments in them. The comments themselves are unreadable. Is there some OSS that can read them? I am using an up-to-date F20 (as of last night).
Many thanks, Ranjan
Am 22.04.2014 14:20, schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
Hello,
I have been given a pdf file with comments written in Adobe. All I get are tiny yellow balloons with (physical) lines indicating that there are comments in them. The comments themselves are unreadable. Is there some OSS that can read them? I am using an up-to-date F20 (as of last night).
Many thanks, Ranjan
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews") Klaus
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 07:22:55PM +0200, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 22.04.2014 14:20, schrieb Ranjan Maitra:
Hello,
I have been given a pdf file with comments written in Adobe. All I get are tiny yellow balloons with (physical) lines indicating that there are comments in them. The comments themselves are unreadable. Is there some OSS that can read them? I am using an up-to-date F20 (as of last night).
Many thanks, Ranjan
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
Evince allows you to see them, not sure if editing works properly though.
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
On 04/22/2014 03:52 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
If you are using a 32-bit system, you can download Adobe Reader and then all will be hunky-dory. I think some 64-bit systems have means to use Adobe Reader also--not sure.
--doug
On 04/22/2014 03:25 PM, Doug wrote:
On 04/22/2014 03:52 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
If you are using a 32-bit system, you can download Adobe Reader and then all will be hunky-dory. I think some 64-bit systems have means to use Adobe Reader also--not sure.
--doug
You *can use Adobe Reader 32bit on a 64bit system if you want to pollute your 64bit system with 32bit libraries. Otherwise, Adobe, in their infinite wisdom, not only refuses to update Reader for Linux but has never had a 64bit native version. Evince/Okular are the way to go.
Kevin
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:52:52 +0200 Heinz Diehl htd@fritha.org wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
Thanks very much to everyone who answered. I use zathura (which did not have these feature, as does not xpdf) but I will try evince. I don't want to try out okular if I can help it because it will install 257 MB of stuff.
Best wishes, Ranjan
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On Apr 22, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored@inbox.com wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:52:52 +0200 Heinz Diehl htd@fritha.org wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
Thanks very much to everyone who answered. I use zathura (which did not have these feature, as does not xpdf) but I will try evince. I don't want to try out okular if I can help it because it will install 257 MB
For what it's worth (trivia!), on OS X, the Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.9 version executable is 826MB. This does not include a bunch of shared libraries located elsewhere in the file system. And by default it has "open in 32-bit mode" checked; so part of the reason why it's so huge is that this application is "universal" in that it contains both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries; but still 32-bit is the default. I haven't tried 64-bit, I'm going to guess that it's 32-bit by default in order to support the array of 3rd party plugins with least resistance.
Chris Murphy
Am 23.04.2014 20:23, schrieb Chris Murphy:
On Apr 22, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored@inbox.com wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:52:52 +0200 Heinz Diehl htd@fritha.org wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
Thanks very much to everyone who answered. I use zathura (which did not have these feature, as does not xpdf) but I will try evince. I don't want to try out okular if I can help it because it will install 257 MB
For what it's worth (trivia!), on OS X, the Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.9 version executable is 826MB. This does not include a bunch of shared libraries located elsewhere in the file system. And by default it has "open in 32-bit mode" checked; so part of the reason why it's so huge is that this application is "universal" in that it contains both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries; but still 32-bit is the default. I haven't tried 64-bit, I'm going to guess that it's 32-bit by default in order to support the array of 3rd party plugins with least resistance.
Chris Murphy
The ability to exchange annotated PDF files is essential for my everyday work as a professional book editor (now being retired and working freelance) and one of the main reasons to stick to Windows. So I tried to find out a bit further some options that I have in Linux:
*Adobe Reader*: The latest version Adobe offers to Linux users is 9.5.5 (btw, it's a rather huge download as well: 60 MB + 140 MB of dependencies). It reads all kinds of annotations, but I found no way to edit them or create new ones. There seems to be an option to activate a "Comment & Markup Toolbar", but that didn't work for me.
*Evince*: Annotations are visible, but you can only open and read "sticky notes", no "highlighted text notes" or "strikethrough text notes", which are very important for my work. No possibility to edit anything.
*Okular*: For me, it comes closer to what recent windows versions of the Adobe Reader have: It reads all kinds of annotations, you can edit them and you can add new ones which can be stored in a copy of the PDF file and which are read by Adobe Reader. But Okulars's annotation tools are different from those offered by Adobe Reader. As to the download size: It's a KDE application, so if you are on eg XFCE you have to download a bunch of additional libraries together with Okular. Klaus
On Thu, 24 Apr 2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 23.04.2014 20:23, schrieb Chris Murphy:
On Apr 22, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored@inbox.com wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:52:52 +0200 Heinz Diehl htd@fritha.org wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
Thanks very much to everyone who answered. I use zathura (which did not have these feature, as does not xpdf) but I will try evince. I don't want to try out okular if I can help it because it will install 257 MB
For what it's worth (trivia!), on OS X, the Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.9 version executable is 826MB. This does not include a bunch of shared libraries located elsewhere in the file system. And by default it has "open in 32-bit mode" checked; so part of the reason why it's so huge is that this application is "universal" in that it contains both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries; but still 32-bit is the default. I haven't tried 64-bit, I'm going to guess that it's 32-bit by default in order to support the array of 3rd party plugins with least resistance.
Chris Murphy
The ability to exchange annotated PDF files is essential for my everyday work as a professional book editor (now being retired and working freelance) and one of the main reasons to stick to Windows. So I tried to find out a bit further some options that I have in Linux:
i went down the same road and eventually gave up, paid for PDF studio from qoppa.com, and have been happy ever since. i do exactly what you do -- exchange annotated files for the purpose of proofreading/editing, and no one i've ever exchanged with has ever complained.
i have no financial interest in PDF studio, i just gave up trying to find an OSS solution that didn't suck.
rday
On 24/04/14 20:15, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 23.04.2014 20:23, schrieb Chris Murphy:
On Apr 22, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Ranjan Maitra maitra.mbox.ignored@inbox.com wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:52:52 +0200 Heinz Diehl htd@fritha.org wrote:
On 22.04.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Okular lets you read, alter and add comments (I think, in the English version they are called "Reviews")
I receive quite often .pdf files containing comments. Evince reads them properly. Okular can be very slow sometimes, even stuck in the middle of a large .pdf. I've never encountered that with Evince.
Thanks very much to everyone who answered. I use zathura (which did not have these feature, as does not xpdf) but I will try evince. I don't want to try out okular if I can help it because it will install 257 MB
For what it's worth (trivia!), on OS X, the Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.1.9 version executable is 826MB. This does not include a bunch of shared libraries located elsewhere in the file system. And by default it has "open in 32-bit mode" checked; so part of the reason why it's so huge is that this application is "universal" in that it contains both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries; but still 32-bit is the default. I haven't tried 64-bit, I'm going to guess that it's 32-bit by default in order to support the array of 3rd party plugins with least resistance.
Chris Murphy
The ability to exchange annotated PDF files is essential for my everyday work as a professional book editor (now being retired and working freelance) and one of the main reasons to stick to Windows. So I tried to find out a bit further some options that I have in Linux:
*Adobe Reader*: The latest version Adobe offers to Linux users is 9.5.5 (btw, it's a rather huge download as well: 60 MB + 140 MB of dependencies). It reads all kinds of annotations, but I found no way to edit them or create new ones. There seems to be an option to activate a "Comment & Markup Toolbar", but that didn't work for me.
*Evince*: Annotations are visible, but you can only open and read "sticky notes", no "highlighted text notes" or "strikethrough text notes", which are very important for my work. No possibility to edit anything.
*Okular*: For me, it comes closer to what recent windows versions of the Adobe Reader have: It reads all kinds of annotations, you can edit them and you can add new ones which can be stored in a copy of the PDF file and which are read by Adobe Reader. But Okulars's annotation tools are different from those offered by Adobe Reader. As to the download size: It's a KDE application, so if you are on eg XFCE you have to download a bunch of additional libraries together with Okular.
For what it's worth I have for the past almost-a-year been using a commercial package called "PDF Studio" for my editing duties. (I am for my sins the Technical Editor of a statistics journal.) PDF Studio is reasonably Linux-friendly --- has worked without problem so far --- and is not *too* brutally expensive; about $130 USD when I purchased it. Its syntax is substantially different from that of Adobe Reader (or so it seems) however. That wasn't a problem for me since I'd never got used to using Adobe Reader for marking up, but it might be off-putting to those who are into the Adobe Reader way of doing things.
BTW I could never get Okular to work worth a damn. This may be because (a) I am still using Fedora 17, and (b) I am using the Mate Desktop r.t. KDE or even Gnome.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
Am 24.04.2014 11:14, schrieb Rolf Turner:
For what it's worth I have for the past almost-a-year been using a commercial package called "PDF Studio" for my editing duties. (I am for my sins the Technical Editor of a statistics journal.) PDF Studio is reasonably Linux-friendly --- has worked without problem so far --- and is not *too* brutally expensive; about $130 USD when I purchased it. Its syntax is substantially different from that of Adobe Reader (or so it seems) however. That wasn't a problem for me since I'd never got used to using Adobe Reader for marking up, but it might be off-putting to those who are into the Adobe Reader way of doing things.
Thanks, Robert and Rolf, for pointing me to "PDF Studio", which I didn't know yet. Probably it's worth a try and the money (actually $89/$129, depending on versions "Standard"/"Pro"). Klaus
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