Skim - PDF reader and annotation software - Revision history

Jakob Suckale: /* See also */

2008-07-03T13:03:32Z

Jakob Suckale: see also section

2008-07-03T12:43:18Z

Jakob Suckale: illustration screenshot

2007-10-13T13:40:59Z

illustration screenshot

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	or check [https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app Skim project homepage] for latest version		or check [https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app Skim project homepage] for latest version
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		+	[[Image:Skim PDF annotation example.png\|thumb\|600px\|Example of Skim PDF annotation - chapters in the left panel, notes listed on the right; sticky notes (yellow), boxes (green), circles (red), highlight (yellow), and arrows (blue)]]

	== Selected features ==		== Selected features ==

Jakob Suckale: long-term viability of Skim + links

2007-10-13T13:29:48Z

long-term viability of Skim + links

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	Skim doesn't change the original PDF like you can with Acrobat. Instead, it attaches annotation info to the file. This is welcome since it allows you to remove your annotation before printing or passing on the PDF to a colleague. It is also superior to a two file system of a PDF paired to a comment file. Things can't get lost. Currently, if you open a Skim-annotated PDF with a different PDF viewer like Preview, you will see the bare PDF. The annotation remains hidden. You can, however, engrave the annotations in the PDF, at which point they can no longer be separated via the Skim export.		Skim doesn't change the original PDF like you can with Acrobat. Instead, it attaches annotation info to the file. This is welcome since it allows you to remove your annotation before printing or passing on the PDF to a colleague. It is also superior to a two file system of a PDF paired to a comment file. Things can't get lost. Currently, if you open a Skim-annotated PDF with a different PDF viewer like Preview, you will see the bare PDF. The annotation remains hidden. You can, however, engrave the annotations in the PDF, at which point they can no longer be separated via the Skim export.
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		+	== Long-term viability and Leopard ==
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		+	While you may loose your 50 kilos of scribbled on print outs when you move to your next job, the digital equivalent of this may happen when you upgrade to the next operating system or change computer. Will the the valuable and time-consuming annotations made in Skim be lost one day? Apple's new version of OS X, nicknamed Leopard, is rumoured to have extensive new annotation features [http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/x.shtml] build into [[wikipedia:en:Preview_(software)\|Preview]] (Note: Apple took care to suppress information on the new Preview features; a page that had detailed information has since been mostly deleted [http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/02/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_an_extensive_look_at_preview_3_0.html]).
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		+	The obvious question here is, whether Skim annotation will be compatible with and convertible into the new Preview annotation. It's to early to answer this question since the new OS X Leopard (10.5) is not out yet. But it makes one think about what will happen to all those PDFs, nicely annotated thanks to the innovative Skim software.

	== Links ==		== Links ==
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	* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app Project homepage at Sourceforge.net]		* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app Project homepage at Sourceforge.net]
	* [http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32667 Versiontracker review of Skim] - 5 out 5 stars		* [http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32667 Versiontracker review of Skim] - 5 out 5 stars
		+	* [http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/Top-10-PDF-Tricks/2384410 Review at lifehacker w screenshots]
		+	* [http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/getting_the_most_out_of_pdf_in_os_x/ excellent page on various PDF programmes on OS X, including Skim]

Jakob Suckale: headers renamed

2007-09-24T17:12:17Z

headers renamed

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-	== ~~Features valuable for the science reader~~ ==	+	== Selected features ==

	* facilitates reading PDFs with full screen mode, many zoom shortcuts, reading bar		* facilitates reading PDFs with full screen mode, many zoom shortcuts, reading bar
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	* dedicated pane listing your notes; searchable and hot-linked		* dedicated pane listing your notes; searchable and hot-linked

-	== ~~File structure~~ ==	+	== PDF file output ==

	Skim doesn't change the original PDF like you can with Acrobat. Instead, it attaches annotation info to the file. This is welcome since it allows you to remove your annotation before printing or passing on the PDF to a colleague. It is also superior to a two file system of a PDF paired to a comment file. Things can't get lost. Currently, if you open a Skim-annotated PDF with a different PDF viewer like Preview, you will see the bare PDF. The annotation remains hidden. You can, however, engrave the annotations in the PDF, at which point they can no longer be separated via the Skim export.		Skim doesn't change the original PDF like you can with Acrobat. Instead, it attaches annotation info to the file. This is welcome since it allows you to remove your annotation before printing or passing on the PDF to a colleague. It is also superior to a two file system of a PDF paired to a comment file. Things can't get lost. Currently, if you open a Skim-annotated PDF with a different PDF viewer like Preview, you will see the bare PDF. The annotation remains hidden. You can, however, engrave the annotations in the PDF, at which point they can no longer be separated via the Skim export.

Jakob Suckale: download links in table

2007-09-24T16:04:45Z

download links in table

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	'''Skim''' is an excellent '''free PDF reader and annotation software''' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X Mac OS X]. It allows you to do digitally what you are used to on paper: ''highlight, underline, add sticky notes''. Beyond what you can do on paper, with Skim you can quickly ''search'' the PDF and ''browse your notes'' in a separate pane. Get it, try it, and stop printing out kilos of paper that then bog you down when you have to move.		'''Skim''' is an excellent '''free PDF reader and annotation software''' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X Mac OS X]. It allows you to do digitally what you are used to on paper: ''highlight, underline, add sticky notes''. Beyond what you can do on paper, with Skim you can quickly ''search'' the PDF and ''browse your notes'' in a separate pane. Get it, try it, and stop printing out kilos of paper that then bog you down when you have to move.

-	~~Download~~	+	{\|
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-	[[Image:Skim icon.png]]	+	\|[[Image:Skim icon.png]]
		+	\|[http://downloads.sourceforge.net/skim-app/Skim-0.9.1.dmg?modtime=1189600778&big_mirror=0 download Skim 0.9.1, 2.3 MB] (latest version as of 9/07)<br>
		+	or check [https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app Skim project homepage] for latest version
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	== Features valuable for the science reader ==		== Features valuable for the science reader ==

Jakob Suckale: links

2007-09-24T15:59:30Z

links

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
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		+	* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app Project homepage at Sourceforge.net]
		+	* [http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32667 Versiontracker review of Skim] - 5 out 5 stars

Jakob Suckale: file structure

2007-09-24T15:55:22Z

file structure

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	== File structure ==		== File structure ==
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		+	Skim doesn't change the original PDF like you can with Acrobat. Instead, it attaches annotation info to the file. This is welcome since it allows you to remove your annotation before printing or passing on the PDF to a colleague. It is also superior to a two file system of a PDF paired to a comment file. Things can't get lost. Currently, if you open a Skim-annotated PDF with a different PDF viewer like Preview, you will see the bare PDF. The annotation remains hidden. You can, however, engrave the annotations in the PDF, at which point they can no longer be separated via the Skim export.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

Jakob Suckale: Skim features

2007-09-24T15:51:40Z

Skim features

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	== Features valuable for the science reader ==		== Features valuable for the science reader ==
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		+	* facilitates reading PDFs with full screen mode, many zoom shortcuts, reading bar
		+	* easy searching using a pane on the left; list all hits with page number and marks them clearly in the text after selection
		+	* paper-like annotation including colour-highlighting, underlining, circles, boxes, full sticky notes, and anchored sticky notes that expand when clicked
		+	* dedicated pane listing your notes; searchable and hot-linked

	== File structure ==		== File structure ==

	== Links ==		== Links ==

Jakob Suckale: section skeleton

2007-09-24T15:46:33Z

section skeleton

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	'''Skim''' is an excellent '''free PDF reader and annotation software''' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X Mac OS X]. It allows you to do digitally what you are used to on paper: ''highlight, underline, add sticky notes''. Beyond what you can do on paper, with Skim you can quickly ''search'' the PDF and ''browse your notes'' in a separate pane. Get it, try it, and stop printing out kilos of paper that then bog you down when you have to move.		'''Skim''' is an excellent '''free PDF reader and annotation software''' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X Mac OS X]. It allows you to do digitally what you are used to on paper: ''highlight, underline, add sticky notes''. Beyond what you can do on paper, with Skim you can quickly ''search'' the PDF and ''browse your notes'' in a separate pane. Get it, try it, and stop printing out kilos of paper that then bog you down when you have to move.
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		+	Download

	[[Image:Skim icon.png]]		[[Image:Skim icon.png]]
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		+	== Features valuable for the science reader ==
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		+	== File structure ==
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		+	== Links ==

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Software for reference management and bibliographies]]		* [[Software for reference management and bibliographies]]
		+	* [[PPT to PDF on a Mac]] - it is possible to save PDF from any Mac application by printing and then saving the output as a PDF; this page explains how you can save PDFs beyond the typical office printer format

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	* [http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/Top-10-PDF-Tricks/2384410 Review at lifehacker w screenshots]		* [http://lifehacker.com/photogallery/Top-10-PDF-Tricks/2384410 Review at lifehacker w screenshots]
	* [http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/getting_the_most_out_of_pdf_in_os_x/ excellent page on various PDF programmes on OS X, including Skim]		* [http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/getting_the_most_out_of_pdf_in_os_x/ excellent page on various PDF programmes on OS X, including Skim]
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		+	== See also ==
		+	* [[Software for reference management and bibliographies]]