How to add annotations to a scanned PDF using Evince?
I'm trying to add annotations/highlights to a PDF using the Document Viewer (Evince) in Ubuntu 16.04. When I add a text annotation, the annotation box comes up for me to type in but when I close it there's no way to re-open it. It's in the annotations pane but I can't see it (or the icon for it, which is supposed to be there) in the document. Highlight annotations don't work at all.
Is it just that the Document Viewer doesn't support annotations/highlights for scanned documents?
If so, and the feature hasn't been added in 3.20 or is planned to be added in 3.22, then tell me and I will file a bug report for the misleading appearance of the annotation box/the failure to grey out the options for scanned documents.
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I'm trying to add annotations/highlights to a PDF using the Document Viewer (Evince) in Ubuntu 16.04. When I add a text annotation, the annotation box comes up for me to type in but when I close it there's no way to re-open it. It's in the annotations pane but I can't see it (or the icon for it, which is supposed to be there) in the document. Highlight annotations don't work at all.
Is it just that the Document Viewer doesn't support annotations/highlights for scanned documents?
If so, and the feature hasn't been added in 3.20 or is planned to be added in 3.22, then tell me and I will file a bug report for the misleading appearance of the annotation box/the failure to grey out the options for scanned documents.
16.04 pdf evince
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
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asked Sep 19 '16 at 9:29
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I'm trying to add annotations/highlights to a PDF using the Document Viewer (Evince) in Ubuntu 16.04. When I add a text annotation, the annotation box comes up for me to type in but when I close it there's no way to re-open it. It's in the annotations pane but I can't see it (or the icon for it, which is supposed to be there) in the document. Highlight annotations don't work at all.
Is it just that the Document Viewer doesn't support annotations/highlights for scanned documents?
If so, and the feature hasn't been added in 3.20 or is planned to be added in 3.22, then tell me and I will file a bug report for the misleading appearance of the annotation box/the failure to grey out the options for scanned documents.
16.04 pdf evince
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
asked Sep 19 '16 at 9:29
Ads20000Ads20000
1,46411028
I'm trying to add annotations/highlights to a PDF using the Document Viewer (Evince) in Ubuntu 16.04. When I add a text annotation, the annotation box comes up for me to type in but when I close it there's no way to re-open it. It's in the annotations pane but I can't see it (or the icon for it, which is supposed to be there) in the document. Highlight annotations don't work at all.
Is it just that the Document Viewer doesn't support annotations/highlights for scanned documents?
If so, and the feature hasn't been added in 3.20 or is planned to be added in 3.22, then tell me and I will file a bug report for the misleading appearance of the annotation box/the failure to grey out the options for scanned documents.
16.04 pdf evince
16.04 pdf evince
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
asked Sep 19 '16 at 9:29
Ads20000Ads20000
1,46411028
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
asked Sep 19 '16 at 9:29
Ads20000Ads20000
1,46411028
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:09
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
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asked Sep 19 '16 at 9:29
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1,46411028
asked Sep 19 '16 at 9:29
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Document Viewer (evince) supports adding and saving annotations in scanned documents. Evince 3.18.2 from the Ubuntu 16.04 default repositories also supports highlighting of text snippets, but not of images. The instructions for adding annotations to a PDF document in Document Viewer are here. If these instructions don't work on your system, then report it as a bug.
As soon as you close the little annotation window, the icon for the annotation should appear in the same place in the document where you added it. The annotation icon looks like a tiny post-it note which is attached to the document by a push pin. Clicking on the note shows the annotation in an annotation popup window.
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:43
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Highlight annotations require a text to be highlighted. As such, they generally don't work on scanned documents as these do not include a text layer.
If the document however contains a text layer (for example, after using OCR software) highlight annotations can be applied with Evince.
Text annotations should work though. Evince supports only notes, as far as I can see. To reopen a note double clicking on the icon should work (and does on my Ubuntu 16.04, Evince - Document Viewer 3.18.2).
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
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answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
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Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
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Document Viewer (evince) supports adding and saving annotations in scanned documents. Evince 3.18.2 from the Ubuntu 16.04 default repositories also supports highlighting of text snippets, but not of images. The instructions for adding annotations to a PDF document in Document Viewer are here. If these instructions don't work on your system, then report it as a bug.
As soon as you close the little annotation window, the icon for the annotation should appear in the same place in the document where you added it. The annotation icon looks like a tiny post-it note which is attached to the document by a push pin. Clicking on the note shows the annotation in an annotation popup window.
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Document Viewer (evince) supports adding and saving annotations in scanned documents. Evince 3.18.2 from the Ubuntu 16.04 default repositories also supports highlighting of text snippets, but not of images. The instructions for adding annotations to a PDF document in Document Viewer are here. If these instructions don't work on your system, then report it as a bug.
As soon as you close the little annotation window, the icon for the annotation should appear in the same place in the document where you added it. The annotation icon looks like a tiny post-it note which is attached to the document by a push pin. Clicking on the note shows the annotation in an annotation popup window.
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:43
karelkarel
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Document Viewer (evince) supports adding and saving annotations in scanned documents. Evince 3.18.2 from the Ubuntu 16.04 default repositories also supports highlighting of text snippets, but not of images. The instructions for adding annotations to a PDF document in Document Viewer are here. If these instructions don't work on your system, then report it as a bug.
As soon as you close the little annotation window, the icon for the annotation should appear in the same place in the document where you added it. The annotation icon looks like a tiny post-it note which is attached to the document by a push pin. Clicking on the note shows the annotation in an annotation popup window.
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:43
karelkarel
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Document Viewer (evince) supports adding and saving annotations in scanned documents. Evince 3.18.2 from the Ubuntu 16.04 default repositories also supports highlighting of text snippets, but not of images. The instructions for adding annotations to a PDF document in Document Viewer are here. If these instructions don't work on your system, then report it as a bug.
As soon as you close the little annotation window, the icon for the annotation should appear in the same place in the document where you added it. The annotation icon looks like a tiny post-it note which is attached to the document by a push pin. Clicking on the note shows the annotation in an annotation popup window.
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answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:43
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Highlight annotations require a text to be highlighted. As such, they generally don't work on scanned documents as these do not include a text layer.
If the document however contains a text layer (for example, after using OCR software) highlight annotations can be applied with Evince.
Text annotations should work though. Evince supports only notes, as far as I can see. To reopen a note double clicking on the icon should work (and does on my Ubuntu 16.04, Evince - Document Viewer 3.18.2).
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
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answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
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Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
– Ads20000
Sep 24 '16 at 0:19
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Highlight annotations require a text to be highlighted. As such, they generally don't work on scanned documents as these do not include a text layer.
If the document however contains a text layer (for example, after using OCR software) highlight annotations can be applied with Evince.
Text annotations should work though. Evince supports only notes, as far as I can see. To reopen a note double clicking on the icon should work (and does on my Ubuntu 16.04, Evince - Document Viewer 3.18.2).
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
4,97442453
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Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
– Ads20000
Sep 24 '16 at 0:19
add a comment |
Highlight annotations require a text to be highlighted. As such, they generally don't work on scanned documents as these do not include a text layer.
If the document however contains a text layer (for example, after using OCR software) highlight annotations can be applied with Evince.
Text annotations should work though. Evince supports only notes, as far as I can see. To reopen a note double clicking on the icon should work (and does on my Ubuntu 16.04, Evince - Document Viewer 3.18.2).
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
4,97442453
Highlight annotations require a text to be highlighted. As such, they generally don't work on scanned documents as these do not include a text layer.
If the document however contains a text layer (for example, after using OCR software) highlight annotations can be applied with Evince.
Text annotations should work though. Evince supports only notes, as far as I can see. To reopen a note double clicking on the icon should work (and does on my Ubuntu 16.04, Evince - Document Viewer 3.18.2).
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
4,97442453
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
2,79082141
edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
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edited Sep 19 '16 at 10:27
Cristiana Nicolae
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2,79082141
answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
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answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
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answered Sep 19 '16 at 9:47
BruniBruni
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Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
– Ads20000
Sep 24 '16 at 0:19
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Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
– Ads20000
Sep 24 '16 at 0:19
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Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
– Ads20000
Sep 24 '16 at 0:19
Thanks for the answer. Yours is just as good as karel's but karel's was first so I have accepted their answer over yours.
– Ads20000
Sep 24 '16 at 0:19
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