On Sun 21 Jan 2024 at 13:11:46 (-0500), gene heskett wrote: > Most informative. thank you a lot Eike. I have, on another workspace > after installing it "xournal" has opened that pdf, I have enabled the > add annotations function but not killed a tree to test print. I see > both "print" and "Export as pdf" in the file menu.
In the past, I would export it. > Are you saying that I should do the annotations, then export to pdf, > in order to overlay my notes over that file and then print that > exported pdf in sufficient copies for the AG office's slaves. Or if > its correct, email the exported pdf back to them. I think that may be > the expected response from me. I would encrypt it before returning it. I would use the password that encoded the original PDF, which contained sensistive information. Obviously you're not in that situation, but are the one who has to inform the recipient of the password /before/ sending the document. I would decode their documents with: $ pdftk pw-protected.pdf input_pw pass\!word cat output unprotected.pdf and encode mine with: $ pdftk unprotected.pdf cat output pw-protected.pdf user_pw pass\!word The attached is a laborious method for generating and adding annotations, long since replaced by either digital signing or document uploading. Cheers, David.
1) Decrypt the PDF to be annotated. 2) Preparation of transparent text annotation: $ inkscape Text>Text and Font if necessary. click on text tool (F8) place the cursor on the page write the text click on select tool (F1) File>Document Properties click on Background set everything to zero (especially Alpha) in the background menu click on Resize Page to Content... click on Resize Page to Drawing or Selection click on X (may/may not be necessary). File>Save As Plain SVG 3) Preparation of transparent image annotation: Make a dark copy. $ inkscape File>Import select (PNG) file select Embed place the image. Path>Trace Bitmap press Update? select Multiple Scans 2-8, Colours, Remove Background leave Smooth, Stack scans press Update press OK select the main picture (which is two) and drag one away If it's not clear which is which, select Right click>Object Properties select each in turn, and the one wanted is the "path", not the "image". select the path one, File>Document Properties click on Background set everything to zero (especially Alpha) in the background menu click on Resize Page to Content... click on Resize Page to Drawing or Selection click on X (may/may not be necessary) File>Save As Plain SVG 4) To capture a bit of text: Type it in xterm, emacs, anywhere. If the text is white on black, select it to reverse the colours. Grab PNG and drag round it rather than grabbing the whole window. 5) Following "PDF annotation" in file:///usr/share/doc/xournal/manual.html ... $ xournal File>Annotate PDF tick "Attach file to the journal", open the PDF. Tools>Image click top-left corner of required placing, open the BMP,GIF,JPG,PBM,PGM,PNG,PPM,SVG,TIF,XBM,XPM image file (may need to click on All Files), resize and position (NB aspect-ratio is not preserved). Tools>Select Region allows readjustment of a previously placed image. File>Export to PDF
