how to print or export annotations in a pdf file?
I have a pdf file containing annotations from someone else (I assume they are made in windows with some Adobe software, but I'm not sure).
They look like that:
and can be displayed in Preview.app
or Skim.app
on the left of each page:
However, I'd like to print them (together with the pages) and/or find a way to export them to a text document.
How can I do that?
This is probably too late but I think I know the answer, so maybe it'll help someone. What you probably want to do is
- Convert notes to skim notes
- Go to
File > Export >
choose File format eitherNotes as RTF
orNotes as text
.
This answers your 'export to text document' questions. I don't see how you could print the PDF together with the text in the anchored notes, though.
Skim has a "Take Snapshot" feature which allows you to print anything which is visually on the page. It also has a "Convert Notes" feature which turns PDF annotations into "skim notes" which you can then manipulate.
All of this is under the File Menu:
I just ran into this problem using Mac OS 10.14.6
Loading in Preview with annotations and saving as PDF still left the annotations invisible in Chrome's PDF viewer.
So I did "Save as Postscript", then loaded the .ps file in Preview, and did "Save as PDF", and the annotations showed in Chrome.