PDF annotators
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Introduction
The purpose of this page is to collect notes on tools that allows annotating pdf files. Requirements:
- only free tools are considered
- must run on Windows and MacOSX
Jarnal
General notes
- requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run
- cross-platform
- not very fast, but useable
- main concept: the tool loads a pdf file as an background image, then allows simple drawing on another layer on top of the background
- allows exporting the result as another pdf, combining the original pdf and the new layer
- further info can be found at Jarnal home page: http://www.dklevine.com/general/software/tc1000/jarnal.htm
Installation
- on linux:
- a JRE must be installed first (not described here)
- download http://www.dklevine.com/general/software/tc1000/jarnal-install.zip
- unpack it to /opt/jarnal (you can choose another location if you want)
- to start the tool, run sh /opt/jarnal/jarnalannotate.sh
- on Windows:
- install JRE if needed. A quick way to do that is to download from http://filehippo.com/download_java_runtime/ and run the installer.
- download http://www.dklevine.com/general/software/tc1000/jarnal-install.zip
- unpack it to C:\jarnal (you can choose another location if you want)
- to start the tool, open c:\jarnal\jarnalannotate.cmd