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When open a pdf file in Xournal, how can I

  • select original text
  • show the bookmarks (i.e.outlines) on a separate panel?
  • search in the original text and the added annotated text?

Thanks!

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To use Xournal to highlight or add text to a PDF file, select File > Annotate PDF (you can also chose the usual File > Open, but make sure you then select to view all files, not just Xournal files) and select the PDF you want to annotate or highlight text.

Xournal cannot save a file in PDF format but you can easily select File > Export to PDF to achieve something similar so it's a viable solution for those who are looking for a reliable tool to annotate/highlight text in PDF files on Linux.

Source: HIGHLIGHT TEXT OR ANNOTATE PDF FILES IN UBUNTU WITH XOURNAL.

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  • Thanks! (1) When I export to PDF, the resulting pdf file is 10 times larger in storage size. How can I make it only slighly bigger than the original pdf file? (2)is there any way to search for a word in Xournal? (the word can appear either in the original pdf file, or in the connotations I added later)
    – Tim
    Oct 14, 2013 at 0:21

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