[mdlug] PDF reader with markup capabilities

[Steve Litt]

R Kannan said on Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:52:55 -0500

>All,
>
>I am looking for a PDF reader which can allow me to markup documents
>and retain them. Adobe Acrobat allows me to do it but seems to have 
>limitations while retaining markups on large documents. Seems to have 
>some kind of limitation whereby markups beyond some 100+ pages are not 
>retained. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks

Everyone else pretty much answered your question for marking up PDF *in
PDF*. There's also the possibility of editing the PDF, one page per
marked up file, in Inkscape.

inkscape myfile.pdf

Then, on other layers, type in text. I do this a lot, and it doesn't
require the PDF to have specific PDF input fields. If the PDF is copy
protected, you can open it the PDF editor of your choice, take a
screenshot, and use Inkscape on the resulting .png. This converts all
text to bitmap, so it gets big, but it gets the job done. The following
is my Inkscape to PDF converter shellscript:

========================================
#!/bin/sh
svgname=$1
gname=`echo $svgname | sed -e "s/\..*$//"`
pdfname=$gname.pdf
echo Converting $svgname to $pdfname
inkscape --export-pdf=$pdfname $svgname
mupdf $pdfname
========================================

In Inkscape you need to enlarge the PDF or .png to be the same size as
printed on the original (same margins, position, etc).

SteveT

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