<![CDATA[Query:]]>Query:

What do you recommend for PDF reading that allows highlighting and annotation -- for a PC? Yes, I'm an old fogey and have relied on pen-and-ink until now. And yes, it's probably time to move digital. But no, the Adobe world is NOT an answer. And cloud-services are a no-go; I'm on rural internet

Suggestions?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/24a6be45-8ad1-4147-ae23-8ccc02617336/queryRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:37:17 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 10:40:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Mon, 04 May 2026 08:54:34 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer You probably already have everything you need in Microsoft Edge or Firefox's built-in PDF viewer-both let you highlight and annotate for free, with no cloud or Adobe required.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/ap/users/116380377006747794/statuses/116515463125727958https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/ap/users/116380377006747794/statuses/116515463125727958Mon, 04 May 2026 08:54:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:20:47 GMT]]>@jrredho @scholar_farmer OK, I didn't know that, thanks for the clarification!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/pablo_armur/statuses/116509903895858663https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/pablo_armur/statuses/116509903895858663Sun, 03 May 2026 09:20:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sun, 03 May 2026 01:56:52 GMT]]>@pablo_armur

Okular has support for Windows and MacOS, in addition to Linux.

It's a pretty versatile application, in my view.

@scholar_farmer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jrredho/statuses/116508158331410943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jrredho/statuses/116508158331410943Sun, 03 May 2026 01:56:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:04:37 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer I *think* Zotero can work only locally... But not 100% sure (I do have it synced between two computers)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/pablo_armur/statuses/116505593640785157https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/pablo_armur/statuses/116505593640785157Sat, 02 May 2026 15:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 15:01:46 GMT]]>@pablo_armur isn't zotero in the cloud? I tried it back in the day (a very very long time ago) and it was spending too much time writing back across my too-narrow bandwidth. But yes, zotero would be useful at work, thanks for the suggestion

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116505582375420442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116505582375420442Sat, 02 May 2026 15:01:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:59:06 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer I mostly use Okular for annotations and such. I'm not sure, but it's maybe Linux only.
An alternative, if this is to read and annotate academic papers, is Zotero. It's mostly to keep a database of your papers, but it also has a pretty decent annotation tool for PDFs.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/pablo_armur/statuses/116505571918003318https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/pablo_armur/statuses/116505571918003318Sat, 02 May 2026 14:59:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:06:00 GMT]]>@emma_cogdev Thanks, I'll give it a test

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504891271828083https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504891271828083Sat, 02 May 2026 12:06:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:50:36 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer

I'm using Okular and I like it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/emma_cogdev/statuses/116504830736352929https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/emma_cogdev/statuses/116504830736352929Sat, 02 May 2026 11:50:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:36:44 GMT]]>@moewe will do!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504776196567193https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504776196567193Sat, 02 May 2026 11:36:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:17:14 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer it does, but to be fair I don't use that feature on a regular basis, usually I only need PDF reading, signing and filling out forms, which all work fine for me. But the annotation feature looks okay, so try it and maybe tell me what you think about it 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/moewe/statuses/116504699528084038https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/moewe/statuses/116504699528084038Sat, 02 May 2026 11:17:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:05:11 GMT]]>@moewe Okay, handles PDF annotation? That's news to me! I'll have to poke around with it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504652117121380https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504652117121380Sat, 02 May 2026 11:05:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:57:20 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer the best alternative I've found so far (running on ) is actually , it has a great PDF reading tool, and its PDF editing and annotation features are also quite okay. And I'm already using it as my web browser anyway.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/moewe/statuses/116504621225906075https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/moewe/statuses/116504621225906075Sat, 02 May 2026 10:57:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:54:21 GMT]]>@simone257 thanks, I'll check it out!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504609501745639https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/scholar_farmer/statuses/116504609501745639Sat, 02 May 2026 10:54:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Query: on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:46:48 GMT]]>@scholar_farmer Have you checked out PDF-XChange Editor? It comes with a full feature set similar to Adobe but without a shitty forced subscription (the price for the perpetual license is very affordable compared to Adobe), and of course, you can use it offline as you please. I switched a few months ago from Adobe and have zero regrets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/simone257/statuses/116504579845434301https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/simone257/statuses/116504579845434301Sat, 02 May 2026 10:46:48 GMT