Comments on: Web Annotation For Students or Professionals From WebNotes (+100 Invites) http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-annotation-for-students-or-professionals-from-webnotes-100-invites/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:31:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Pierce http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-annotation-for-students-or-professionals-from-webnotes-100-invites/comment-page-1/#comment-388284 David Pierce Sun, 31 May 2009 22:21:31 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18230#comment-388284 Martin, Excellent point - thanks for mentioning Foxit! It's a terrific program, but for some reason I never got the annotation tools to function properly. Guess it's time for another go-around. Thanks! David Martin,

Excellent point – thanks for mentioning Foxit! It’s a terrific program, but for some reason I never got the annotation tools to function properly. Guess it’s time for another go-around. Thanks!

David

]]> By: Jits http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-annotation-for-students-or-professionals-from-webnotes-100-invites/comment-page-1/#comment-388209 Jits Sun, 31 May 2009 11:07:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18230#comment-388209 Looks like a very useful tool. I use <a>Diigo</a> which combines annotating and highlighting with a powerful bookmarking system. This, IMO, makes it a killer application. Jits Looks like a very useful tool.

I use Diigo which combines annotating and highlighting with a powerful bookmarking system. This, IMO, makes it a killer application.

Jits

]]> By: Martin http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-annotation-for-students-or-professionals-from-webnotes-100-invites/comment-page-1/#comment-388194 Martin Sun, 31 May 2009 06:19:21 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=18230#comment-388194 Great article David, I'm a student so I really appreciate all the tips and tricks I can lay my hands on. Can I correct you on the following quote though? You said "<em>...either waste the paper printing, or go without any highlighting or markup. In order to do either of those things on a PDF, you’d need Adobe Acrobat.</em>" There is a pdf reader that does these for free. Highlighting and comments are available as a standard feature in the free version of <a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/" title="Foxit Reader" rel="nofollow">Foxit Reader</a>, though saving a document with either of these additions will add what they call an "evaluation mark". What that means is they add a few lines of red writing to the top of the first page of the pdf (and only the first page) which says Edited by Foxit Reader Copyright(C) by Foxit Software Company, 2005-2009 For Evaluation only. It's a little annoying, but at least it's not on every page. A small inconvenience for a great full-featured free pdf reader. Not to mention how nice it is not to have to install overly bloated software like Adobe's. Great article David, I’m a student so I really appreciate all the tips and tricks I can lay my hands on.

Can I correct you on the following quote though? You said

“…either waste the paper printing, or go without any highlighting or markup. In order to do either of those things on a PDF, you’d need Adobe Acrobat.”

There is a pdf reader that does these for free. Highlighting and comments are available as a standard feature in the free version of Foxit Reader, though saving a document with either of these additions will add what they call an “evaluation mark”. What that means is they add a few lines of red writing to the top of the first page of the pdf (and only the first page) which says

Edited by Foxit Reader
Copyright(C) by Foxit Software Company, 2005-2009
For Evaluation only.

It’s a little annoying, but at least it’s not on every page. A small inconvenience for a great full-featured free pdf reader. Not to mention how nice it is not to have to install overly bloated software like Adobe’s.

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