Comments on: Annotating your PDFs http://www.techandlife.com/2009/12/annotating-your-pdfs/ ...some personal observations on tech...and life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: techandlife http://www.techandlife.com/2009/12/annotating-your-pdfs/comment-page-1/#comment-14735 techandlife Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:41:17 +0000 http://www.techandlife.com/?p=1432#comment-14735 Yes, it's not exactly intuitive is it. I remember having this problem at the start. I found the answer but didn't write it down so now I've just relearned it. Make a Text box or a Callout box, then right click in it and select Show/Hide Text Formatting toolbar. If it wasn't already present at the top it should now show there. What's confusing is that this toolbar switches to text properties only when you are working in the text box. So now you can type some text in the box, highlight it and change the font and size from this toolbar. If you want to make your new text style the default, highlight the text, right click on it, select 'Text Formatting', then select 'Set Current Text Formatting as Default'. Incidentally, from the Text Formatting menu just mentioned, you can superscript and subscript text, or use the keyboard shortcuts listed there. Hope this helps. Yes, it’s not exactly intuitive is it. I remember having this problem at the start. I found the answer but didn’t write it down so now I’ve just relearned it.
Make a Text box or a Callout box, then right click in it and select Show/Hide Text Formatting toolbar. If it wasn’t already present at the top it should now show there. What’s confusing is that this toolbar switches to text properties only when you are working in the text box.
So now you can type some text in the box, highlight it and change the font and size from this toolbar. If you want to make your new text style the default, highlight the text, right click on it, select ‘Text Formatting’, then select ‘Set Current Text Formatting as Default’.
Incidentally, from the Text Formatting menu just mentioned, you can superscript and subscript text, or use the keyboard shortcuts listed there.
Hope this helps.

]]> By: tdixon http://www.techandlife.com/2009/12/annotating-your-pdfs/comment-page-1/#comment-14728 tdixon Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:33:25 +0000 http://www.techandlife.com/?p=1432#comment-14728 I still do not seem to have an option to change the font size in callout box. It looks like PDF-XChange Viewer should allow me to do this. Any suggestions? (I can change color, line thickness, transparency. no font choice.) I still do not seem to have an option to change the font size in callout box. It looks like PDF-XChange Viewer should allow me to do this. Any suggestions? (I can change color, line thickness, transparency. no font choice.)

]]> By: techandlife http://www.techandlife.com/2009/12/annotating-your-pdfs/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 techandlife Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:21:13 +0000 http://www.techandlife.com/?p=1432#comment-5494 Yes, I understand you cannot copy and paste from a document opened in Sumatra which wouldn't suit me. Foxit is my default pdf reader but perhaps not for much longer Yes, I understand you cannot copy and paste from a document opened in Sumatra which wouldn’t suit me. Foxit is my default pdf reader but perhaps not for much longer

]]> By: Andy - The Digitante http://www.techandlife.com/2009/12/annotating-your-pdfs/comment-page-1/#comment-5481 Andy - The Digitante Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.techandlife.com/?p=1432#comment-5481 I just started using PDF X-Change Viewer recently after being dissatisfied with the lack of features on Sumatra. I understand Sumatra is meant to be lean, but as computers get more powerful, at least add a few features. I just started using PDF X-Change Viewer recently after being dissatisfied with the lack of features on Sumatra.

I understand Sumatra is meant to be lean, but as computers get more powerful, at least add a few features.

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