PDF Reader notes

[AsafKeller]

This topic was explored in the forum in the past, but I am not sure of the current status. As far as I can tell, BE cannot display Skim notes, nor can it display .skim note files. BE can display notes created in Preview, but does not index them (cannot search them). Am I correct?

What would be particularly useful is an option for BE to monitor annotations/notes created in Preview/Skim, and display these notes in BE's note stream. That would allow a more fluid integration with the PDF reader and with other applications. A similar symbiosis exists between BibDesk and Skim.

EDIT: BE does display Skim notes, if the Skim file is saved as "PDF with Embedded Notes". However, BE does not appear to index these notes.

[Jon]

That's not a bad idea. I have no idea how easy it would be to implement, but I'll think about it. Thanks for the suggestion.

Jon
Sonny Software

[dspedersen]

I'll vote for this feature as well. Didn't know about the advantage of embedded notes feature; so far I've just c/p notes (mark all in sidebar in Skim and pasted them in the note stream in BE. However, it's a bit cumbersome task in the long run and sometimes I tend to forget to do it.

Best,
Dan

[w.yaqoob]

It would be fantastic if there was some way for BE to read Skim notes/annotations without them having to be embedded in the PDF. Skim is IMO by far the best way to read PDFs for academics and having its non-destructive annotations displayed in the BE note-stream would be brilliant, if its possible.

[Jon]

I agree it would be nice. Bookends users WebKit to read pdfs, which can't read Skim. It also has it's own pdf reader, which conceivably could read non-embedded Skim notes, but I suspect it's a non-trivial exercise.

Jon
Sonny Software