PDF annotators

Introduction

The purpose of this page is to collect notes on tools that allows annotating pdf files. We consider only tools that are free.

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

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