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Do you happen to know if it supports annotating PDFs without saving the changes into the original PDF file? I need something that can store them separately, al
by mh- 6y ago
Do you happen to know if it supports annotating PDFs without saving the changes into the original PDF file?
I need something that can store them separately, allowing me to export one with annotations if I choose.
- atombender 6y agoNo, but you can still accomplish what you want. Annotations become part of the PDF file on disk. But they're stored as separate editable objects in the PDF that remain editable; for example, if you open an annotated PDF in Preview (on macOS) or in Adobe Reader, they are still editable. And so you can remove them. Devonthink also lets you remove all the annotations. With your PDF(s), select Data > Convert > "to PDF without Annotations", and it will make a copy that has all the annotations removed. I agree that it would be nice to keep the annotations separate. But fortunately the PDF format is flexible enough that it can preserve the annotations and not "hard code" them into the visual tree.
- setu4993 6y agoMendeley desktop saves PDF annotations without saving them to the original PDF.
- zwaps 6y agoDont use Mendeley, it is owned by Elsevier. You can’t even export pdfs or notes from it anymore to send to others. Only some snippets via some bad Elsevier platform which is a headache. They will lock you in, and they specifically updated Mendeley such that the database is encrypted towards you yourself. I lost my whole Years worth of papers and research to it. Do not use Mendeley. Do not use anything made by Elsevier.