This sounds a little weird; I have never seen a problem when exporting with embedded notes. Can you make one of those files available for testing?
On 14.01.2012, at 23:35, Nicole Busch wrote: > Thank you so much Thomas, > I am afraid I am not sure where or how I would put this script in, do you > know how I would do this? Just to clarify I can usually just click "export" > and then choose the file type as "pdf with embedded notes" and that usually > works with the exception of about 3 files I have been sent so far. Do you > think this script would help this? > Thanks again for your help! > Nicole > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Thomas Schneider <schne...@mail.nih.gov> > wrote: > Nicole: > > > I am a teacher and have been using skim to mark pdf files online. > > Occasionally I get a PDF file that I can open in skim make my notes, > > and export as a pdf with embedded notes, but when I open this file > > with Adobe, I can't see the notes I made. If I open it in Skim, the > > notes are still there. It has happened on a few files but for the > > most part I can export the file with notes and I can see them just > > fine. I don't know what I am doing wrong. If you could please help > > me I would really appreciate it. > > Skim keeps its notes in the file system, not in the PDF itself. I > think this probably trips up every new user. What you have to do is > "embed" the notes into the actual pdf. I put a script at: > > http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/ftp/skimembed > > that you can use. > > Tom > > Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D. > National Institutes of Health > National Cancer Institute > Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory > Molecular Information Theory Group > Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 > 301-846-5581 > http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Mar 27 - Feb 2 > Save $400 by Jan. 27 > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Mar 27 - Feb 2 > Save $400 by Jan. 27 > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2_______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
