On May 1, 2016, at 3:45 AM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On May 1, 2016, at 4:08, Village Reporter <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> When converting PDF Annotated Notes to Skim Anchored Notes, the "File >
>> Convert Notes" command places the PDF Annotated Notes into the first field
>> of the Skim Anchored Notes and leaves the second field empty.
>>
>> The first field of the Anchored Notes appears to be for headlines in the
>> Notes pane, while the second field appears to be for longer comments. The
>> second field is more useful for reading and editing notes.
>>
>> Is there an automated method to move the content of the Anchored Notes from
>> the first field—the headline—to the second field—the place for longer
>> comments?
>>
>> I have more than 500 pdf files annotated with Preview Annotated Notes. I
>> converted them to Skim Anchored Notes using the command line. The results
>> are the same as using the "File > Convert Notes" command—the long Annotated
>> Notes end up the first fields of the Skim Anchored Notes.
>>
>> Exporting Anchored Notes as text is not an issue. That is pretty easy with
>> SkimPDF.
>>
>> I would like to able to read and edit the notes as Anchored Notes inside of
>> Skim. So far, I have been copying and pasting the notes.
>>
>> I have searched for an answer in the Skim documentation, mailing list
>> archives, wiki (including the AppleScript section) and usage documentation
>> for SkimNotes and SkimPDF tools. Not finding a answer may result from not
>> knowing the correct terms for the first and second fields in the Anchored
>> Notes, that is what you see when you create or open a note.
>>
>> I have a one-page before and after example, plus screen shots, if these help.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> Bob Kerstetter
>> http://villagehiker.om
>>
>
>
> You could use AppleScript to automate this task. For instance, copy the text
> to the extended text when the extended text is empty, for any anchored note.
>
> Here’s a simple one, you can make it more complex (e.g. only copy after the
> first period or newline):
>
> tell front document of application “Skim”
> repeat with theNote in notes where its type is anchored note
> if extended text of theNote is “” then
> set extended text of theNote to text of theNote
> set text of theNote to “"
> end if
> end repeat
> end tell
>
> BTW, in the next release Skim will automatically move everything after the
> first newline to the extended text, currently it does so after a double
> newline.
>
> Christiaan
>
>
Thank you Christiaan.
This is very helpful. I didn't even know the names of "theNote" and "extended
text." Again, this is really good. It works well.
Thank you.
Bob
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