[Skim-app-users] how to force skim save notes to pdf data rather than a separate .skim file

Jan Jakob Bornheim

2014-01-06 22:23:32 UTC

Hi,

If you have Quicksilver, you could create an AppleScript

tell application "Skim"
tell document 1
save in path as "PDF With Embedded Notes"
end tell
end tell

(The document 1 part might need tweaking to make sure it is always the frontmost document)

create a trigger in Quicksilver whose sole task is to execute this script, and assign it Cmd+S as a hotkey, and limit the trigger’s scope to Skim only. That way, whenever you save by hitting Cmd+S in Skim, it will automatically export the PDF into a file with the same file name and path and with embedded notes (and overwrite the original PDF…).

I am sure similar things would work with other application launchers.

JJ

Post by Liping Fang
Hi folks,
I am new to skim and find it very useful for my work. I am using it on Mac OS with Mendeley (a bibliography free app) to read pdf files. However, I find it quite inconvenient to sync pdf files to my PC desktop. As the skim notes are not written to the pdf film. As skim is not working on windows, I need to use skim to open pdf files and then export pdf file with notes included, and then sync to windows. Is there any possible way to force skim to save notes to the pdf file directly, rather than create a new .skim file?
Thanks for reading my message and your help will be appreciated.
Taylor
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