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** click on '''Select''' tool
** click on '''Select''' tool
** click on text and drag it to another place
** click on text and drag it to another place
** '''N.B.''': every time you want to move some time, you must click on the '''Select''' tool
** '''N.B.''': ''every time'' you want to move some time, you must click on the '''Select''' tool first!

Revision as of 18:07, 7 August 2008

Introduction

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

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 a 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

sudo mkdir -p /opt/jarnal
cd /opt/jarnal
unzip /path/to/jarnal-install.zip
    • After installation, to start the tool run sh /opt/jarnal/jarnalannotate.sh
  • on MacOSX:
    • the same as on linux; MacOSX has JRE installed by default

Usage

Please put here questions and answers on jarnal's usage; if you have a question but don't know the answer, put it here too, someone else might answer it

  • Start the application, then select File/Open Background to open a PDF file
  • To put some text:
    • click on Text tool
    • click on the place you want to write text
    • type the text in
  • To move some drawn text around:
    • click on Select tool
    • click on text and drag it to another place
    • N.B.: every time you want to move some time, you must click on the Select tool first!