Trying to select a specific text passage from one column of a multi- column paper is a common annoyance with PDF files. Skim does pretty well by allowing option-drag to select a block of text from one column (for example, for a highlight note) and then allowing the note text to be edited in the side bar to cut out extraneous start and end words in the selected text block.
These are very minor issues, but the process would feel smoother for the very useful highlight notes... 1. If there was a way to display the entire note text in editable form so that the initial and final text could be adjusted. Currently it's easy to trim the start of the notes using the single line editable box in the side bar. Trimming the end is a bit awkward, though by setting the table font size small enough so that the full width of a typical column can be displayed in the side bar without making it too wide allows you to hop through the lines using the down arrow, until you reach the end. 2. If the note highlight in the document could adjust to match the edited text. I understand that users can edit the note text to be anything, so I guess I'm recommending that if the note's edited text completely matches a substring of the initially-selected text, only that substring be highlighted. Otherwise highlight the entire initial selection. I understand that this may not be possible given the limitations of PDFKit and it shouldn't be a major priority, but I thought it worth mentioning. Jim Harrison UVa ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
