How to write notes on pdf documents?

[hajime]

I know that Preview which came with Mac OS/X allows users to read pdf files. I am reading lots of pdf documents and would like to make notes / underlines / highlight sentences. Is there a good way to do that?

 

[hodgjy]

Skim.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24590/skim

 

[redsteven]

Skim

TOTALLY ROCKS

btw, you CAN make annotations using Preview... it's just not implemented super well. Go to the tools menu -> annotation

unless you're doing something super simple though, skim's better.

 

[aaronw1986]

Print the documents out and physically annotate them, Hopefully others actually can answer your question.

 

[erdomi]

draw on pdf using skim?

I was using xournal in ubuntu before i switched to mac. Now my install of xounral in X11 is giving me garbage when I type anything on my keyboard. I don't know how to fix this and don't have the time right now, so I am trying to use Skim now.

The problem is, I would like to draw lines (like use a pen or paint brush) free hand on my pdfs. Is there a way to do this in Skim?

In xournal I would underline sentences or parts of sentences by hand (using a ruler.) I prefer to do this and can't seem to do it in skim- I don't like the way it selects text.

 

[Nago]

If you have Snow Leopard, the Preview tool has features such as notes, arrows, squares, underlining, highlighting, and many more.

You can access these by clicking the Annotate button or Tools->Annotate menu

Works great, try it!

 

[TreoRenegade]

Annotations made in Preview (highlighting, arrows, etc) **will** be visible in other pdf reading apps.