[Skim-app-users] How include notes in saved or exported file for viewing by other applications?

[Mitchell Model]

This is a naive question. I have used Skim mostly for reading, not for markup, and when I did do markup, I later read the file in Skim. Today I was trying to take a screenshot (PNG), mark it up with notes, and save it to PDF for viewing by other applications such as Preview and sending in an email message. I tried Save As and Export, saving to PDF each time, but Preview did not see the markup either way. How does one incorporate markup of various kinds into a saved/exported file for other applications to view?

[Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Post by Mitchell Model
This is a naive question. I have used Skim mostly for reading, not
for markup, and when I did do markup, I later read the file in Skim.
Today I was trying to take a screenshot (PNG), mark it up with
notes, and save it to PDF for viewing by other applications such as
Preview and sending in an email message. I tried Save As and Export,
saving to PDF each time, but Preview did not see the markup either
way. How does one incorporate markup of various kinds into a
saved/exported file for other applications to view?

Here's a script to embed the marks into the PDF:

https://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/ftp/skimembed

Tom

Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
***@mail.nih.gov
http://schneider.ncifcrf.gov (current link)
http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link)

[Christiaan Hofman]

Post by Mitchell Model
This is a naive question. I have used Skim mostly for reading, not for markup, and when I did do markup, I later read the file in Skim. Today I was trying to take a screenshot (PNG), mark it up with notes, and save it to PDF for viewing by other applications such as Preview and sending in an email message. I tried Save As and Export, saving to PDF each time, but Preview did not see the markup either way. How does one incorporate markup of various kinds into a saved/exported file for other applications to view?

You can use File > Export
, make sure you select PDF as the file format and check “with embedded notes”.

See the Wiki.

Christiaan