I have a PDF file, and I'd like to comment in adobe style. Is there a way to enable that somehow, or are there any alternatives?
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2You need Acrobat,then open the PDF and choose Comments>>Enable For Commenting And Analysis In Adobe Reader. – karthick87 Dec 12 '10 at 03:36
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Have a look at this thread http://askubuntu.com/questions/16652/which-programs-can-i-use-to-edit-pdf-files – karthick87 Dec 12 '10 at 04:00
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Adobe acrobat will help you http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html – karthick87 Dec 12 '10 at 04:26
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It might be a licensing issue.
Even thought the PDF has no security, commenting is still NOT allowed. Might be a licensing issue since the original was created using open source tools, not Acrobat.
"PDF Producer: Apache FOP Version 1.1" -- Commenting Not Allowed.
"PDF Producer: Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 10.0" -- Commenting Works.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18894689/adding-enable-for-commenting-adobe-reader-using-acrobat
http://support.itextpdf.com/node/24
Platform: Linux Mint with Adobe Reader 9.
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There is a feature to add annotations using the default gnome evince, but the tool doesn't have the feature switched on in Ubuntu 10.10, so you have a choice between:
pdfedit - Dedicated tool for editing pdf files.
flpsed - Useful, but not as polished.
inkscape - Importing the pdf, adding your visible notes and exporting back to pdf, downside is, they're not real pdf notes.
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OP asked for "comment in adobe style" so that means Adobe compatible comments. So inkscape comments are not adobe style and evince is not either. Is either pdfedit or flpsed commenting mechanisms "adobe style"? – rjt Jun 15 '16 at 15:16
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Then the answer must be: That's impossible until Adobe stops being obstructionist to Linux and provides versions of their software. Otherwise we have no choice but to develop our own style. – Martin Owens -doctormo- Jun 19 '16 at 18:48
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Try Xournal
You can Comment, Highlight, Underline, Draw.......
Install by typing
$sudo apt-get install xournal
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It's actually much more reliable than
evince, the latter often fails to highlight or save annotations for mysterious reasons. – Yan King Yin Mar 05 '21 at 05:02 -
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okular is the default KDE editor (though using it with Unity/Gnome is not a problem), is very polished and provides the requested functionality. After opening your PDF, enable "Review" in the "Tools" menu and a toolbar will appear with buttons for notes, highlighting, etc.
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5Just remember that the reviews made with okular, will be only visible in okular. – Jun 29 '12 at 15:19
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... and only as long as you don't move or rename your document, because the comments are not saved in the document itself, but in some corresponding xml file in .kde/share/apps/okular/docdata/. – Elmar Zander Jan 28 '14 at 13:19
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1I overwrote the pdf using okular after highlighting and Adobe Reade 9 is able to show the highlighted text. Works great! – manav m-n May 26 '16 at 08:59
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For text comments I suggest to use PDF Annotator (available in Ubuntu software center) - very easy application which allows saving in PS or PDF formats.
Regards, Vincenzo
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Not a desktop app, but Adobe has released Acrobat.com, which is essentially an online office suite, but it can read and make pdfs (a limit of 5 made per month for free, I think). I would assume that they have commenting as part of the suite and it would be acrobat style.
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If you can wait for a while the new Acrobate X you can comment your document. I tried in windows and work's perfect.
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Try it windows upon a PDF created by something other than Adobe such as "PDF Producer: Apache FOP Version 1.1" used to create a "byte of python". – rjt Jul 21 '16 at 23:16