Comments on: Gadget Stimulus Plan Day 14: Win One of Three PDF Annotator Licenses

By: tony

tony — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:48:55 +0000

tonnes of electronic journals & articles are in pdf form now. An annotator would be great to avoid printing them all.

Most frustrating thing is printing pdf just to sign/fill forms only to scan & send them somewhere electronically. Of course a tablet is the first step to avoiding this. An annotator would be the 2nd step.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:53:47 +0000

I read tons of document for my research, most of the pdfs. Having all my annotated papers on my hard drive allows me to search them, back them up and more efficiently files them.
I sometimes create pdfs myself to preserve formatting across word versions or between my linux and my windows machines.

Frustrating:
protected pdfs
pdfs with slowly loading huges images

By: Julianne

Julianne — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:54:13 +0000

I love my old version of PDF Annotator. However, I am a student/teacher and cannot afford to pay for a newer copy.

I use pdfs for:
1)I scan textbooks as pdfs and highlight/take notes on my tablet pc, including inserting blank pages for class notes, as needed.
2)reading ebooks
3)saving documentation, such as confirmation pages on websites
4)sending résumés and other properly formatted documents to people with different computers and software
5)annotating other people’s writings as if I were working with a hard copy
6)editing my own writings as if I were working with a hard copy
7)plugging my tablet pc into a projector and showing students editing skills and conventions

Thing I find frustrating about PDFs are:
1)Acrobat’s SLOW load time
2)inability to rotate single pages in my old version of PDF annotator
3)Preview’s non-destructive cropping (what if I WANT it to be destructive??)
4)needing to buy software to annotate/sign pdfs

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:27:06 +0000

I annotate pdf files submitted by students for assessment. I use Journal to convent the file to an image I can draw on. It’s a crude workaround, and Annotator would make the process miles better.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:14:30 +0000

I would use the PDF annotator to sign PDF, rather than fax a signed hard copy. My most frustrating PDF moment is the lack of licenses for Adobe write in our office. Without it, one can’t create or save updated/filled PDF forms. I understand that the cost is an issue for the additional licenses, but no one provides an alternative.

By: sg

sg — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:02:23 +0000

I use PDFs to store/exchange documents while at school. It allows me to get around compatibility issues of some files with Macs and PCs running older or different OSs. One of my biggest complaints is the lack of good tablet support in Acrobat (which I use for a lot of the editing capabilities).

By: teachernz

teachernz — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:30:41 +0000

My main gripe with pdfs is the behemoth that is adobe reader

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:19:21 +0000

Since it allows me to annotate course material at uni on my tablet PC, PDF Annotator really is a great application. Together with a free PDF creator such as PrimoPDF, I can file all the different documents into their folder and know that I have everything instantly available for a review.
Now as far as annoyances go: the one thing I miss about paper print-outs is that I usually remember where a certain phrase or diagram is (last 10 pages, …) simply by browsing through and holding it in my hands; same for little sticky notes. With the bookmarking function in the new version of PDF Annotator, this shouldn’t be as big of an issue anymore. Maybe tags are another option (think delicious.com)..?

By: motosync

motosync — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:41:46 +0000

I really enjoy the support PDF annotator gives to the tablet pc user. Most documents I receive in college are either Word docs or document in PDF.

By: rob

rob — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:51:32 +0000

i’d save the planet by not having to print off all those pdf’s i have to read and make notes on. it’s exactly what i need on my tablet notebook.