General ⇒ How to create pdf files that allow comments

[cicero]

Hi folks,

I searched the forum for some similar topic but did not find any. I need to generate pdf files from latex files that allow me to insert comments using the Adobe Reader, when I create a pdf file from a latex file and check the security properties of it, there is no permission to write comments.

I'm using Miktex 5.5

Thanks in advance

[daleif]

Sadly the ONLY way to allow general commenting in PDF files is Adobe Acrobat, there is no other way to do it.

The rest of us is just a mad about this as you might be. Really anoying when a company keeps certain features in an otherwise documented format for it self.

BTW: you should upgrade you miktex

[T3.]

There is a new package pdfcomment that provides a convenient interface to include pdf annotations directly in your source. Unfortunately, as daleif said above, it is not possible to unlock the annotation feature with just pdflatex.

I'm using Miktex 5.5

BTW: you should upgrade you miktex

Surely you meant the OP should downgrade. With ver. 5.5 he's ahead of even MiKTeX developers

Cheers,

Tomek

[phi]

according to its documentation, the pdftk program is able to set PDF permissions:
http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

[daleif]

BTW: you should upgrade you miktex

Surely you meant the OP should downgrade. With ver. 5.5 he's ahead of even MiKTeX developers

Cheers,

Tomek[/quote]

yes of course, the OP should 'downgrade' to 2.7

We had another person refering to TeXLive 2009, also very interesting

[Montag]

Hello does anyone know if this is now possible, allowing comments via pdflatex?

[josephwright]

There are some changes in the various viewers: for example Preview on the Mac allows commenting. However, the key here is commenting is essentially to do with the viewer end of things. Adobe is, for obvious reasons, keen that for 'full functionality' one has to pay them for Adobe Acrobat and generate PDF files that way.

[Montag]

Ah .. now I understand. Thanks, Joseph.

[episanty]

Apparently (at least, for me) the free Adobe Reader X (I'm on version 10.0.1) can comment on pdf files.

[daleif]

Can it do that on a genereal PDF, or does it have to have commenting enabled in the PDF file? (this is usually listed in the document info)