How to highlight and annotate PDF and DjVu documents?

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I am looking for some good software which can highlight and annotate PDF and DjVu files in Ubuntu.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 11 '17 at 19:03

Okular can be used to view, highlight and annotate (with sticky notes) both pdf and djvu files. After opening the document in Okular, press F6 (or Fn key + F6). The controls to highlight, annotate will appear(along with some more tools).

A small hitch: By default these annotations are stored outside the document. So if you mail the document to somebody, he/she will not be able to see the annotations/highlights. But there are ways around this problem (as described in the official help page of Okular)

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 13:25

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Try Xournal:

Xournal is a GTK+ application for notetaking, sketching and keeping a journal using a stylus. It can also be used to add annotations to PDF files.

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Zanna

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 13:19

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Try PDF-Xchange Editor and zathura. It allows you to open multiple files in tabs and functions both as a good viewer. It stores annotations/comments within the file.

To install in Ubuntu follow these instructions

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Zanna

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answered Oct 20 '14 at 17:21

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How to highlight and annotate PDF and DjVu documents?

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