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I had that too until I installed Zotero, its zotfile extension, and a PDF reader that lets you highlight selections and add notes. Zotero then has "right click

I had that too until I installed Zotero, its zotfile extension, and a PDF reader that lets you highlight selections and add notes. Zotero then has "right click -> extract notes", and you get the stuff you highlighted in a new document, with links back into the PDF. That has completely turned around the experience of reading PDF textbooks for me, it's such a neat feature.

elric 6y ago
Which PDF reader do you use for that? I occasionally scribble on PDFs using my reMarkable. But it's a bit too slow (eink) for my needs.
- packetlost 6y ago
  Unrelated, but do you have the first or second gen. reMarkable? I've been lusting over the 2nd gen since it was announced, but $500 for something I'll use fairly infrequently seems hard to justify
  - elric 6y ago
    First gen. And to be fair, I use it so infrequently that I've repeatedly considered selling it. It's pretty decent, it's sturdy, the writing experience is very pleasant. But the software is clunky. It doesn't support USB file transfer, instead it implements a webserver over USB so you can drag files to it using a browser ... it's a pain.
- Scarblac 6y ago
  I use the free version of "PDF-XChange Editor", under Windows. No idea if that is the best choice, but it works fine for me.
- dyukqu 6y ago
  I use Okular for that. It's open-source and present on three major platforms. I really got surprised to find out how feature-rich it is. It has a lot of basic/important features - like highlighting, underlining, strike through, inline notes, pop-up notes, freehand line drawing, inserting shapes (like arrow, rectangle, polygon) etc. Tip: you actually don't need to install kde toolkit to be able to run Okular on Windows and macOS. Search for nightly builds - I'm on a nightly build and it's pretty solid.
  - forgotpwd16 6y ago
    Worth mentioning that Okular (alongside other KDE software, Kate and KStars) is on Microsoft Store.

elric 6y ago

Which PDF reader do you use for that? I occasionally scribble on PDFs using my reMarkable. But it's a bit too slow (eink) for my needs.

packetlost 6y ago
Unrelated, but do you have the first or second gen. reMarkable? I've been lusting over the 2nd gen since it was announced, but $500 for something I'll use fairly infrequently seems hard to justify
- elric 6y ago
  First gen. And to be fair, I use it so infrequently that I've repeatedly considered selling it. It's pretty decent, it's sturdy, the writing experience is very pleasant. But the software is clunky. It doesn't support USB file transfer, instead it implements a webserver over USB so you can drag files to it using a browser ... it's a pain.
Scarblac 6y ago
I use the free version of "PDF-XChange Editor", under Windows. No idea if that is the best choice, but it works fine for me.
dyukqu 6y ago
I use Okular for that. It's open-source and present on three major platforms. I really got surprised to find out how feature-rich it is. It has a lot of basic/important features - like highlighting, underlining, strike through, inline notes, pop-up notes, freehand line drawing, inserting shapes (like arrow, rectangle, polygon) etc. Tip: you actually don't need to install kde toolkit to be able to run Okular on Windows and macOS. Search for nightly builds - I'm on a nightly build and it's pretty solid.
- forgotpwd16 6y ago
  Worth mentioning that Okular (alongside other KDE software, Kate and KStars) is on Microsoft Store.