Adding text annotation in Preview.app

Unbelievable that this feature is gone. I tried the demo of PDFPen (Yahoo or Google it) but I am upset to pay for something that I used to have built-in (granted, it looks like PDFPen can do more than Preview used to). I am getting really tired of buying back features in Leopard through utilities like this. Sorry, that was not constructive, but seriously, so far best part of Leopard has been the box it came in!

I'm really missing this feature.

So... If you open a PDF file, you can only add Notes (that show as side bar stickies).
If you open a JPG, "Notes" acts like adding TEXT into the image.

To get around this issue, save your PDF as a JPG & then Annotate with a Note - it will appear as text inside the image.

Thanks for the JPG suggestion but I can use Graphic Converter to add text to the PDF file for now. The point of this thread is that a very useful feature of Preview has vanished and there is no indication that Apple will restore it.

I agree. I really miss this feature from Preview in Tiger. The new version has a lot of new features. Why would they take the option to annotate within the document?

Hopefully, with enough requests they will fix it.

My speculation on why it might have been removed was moderated out. If it were me, I would just explain why the feature was pulled out in Leopard.

I believe Adobe has a patent on annotating text in a PDF file. I have enclosed 2 links below for your viewing pleasure. The ISO 32000 standard, which defines basic PDF file format, has recently been voted on and passed. I hope to see text annotation show up in 10.5.3 (it's not in 10.5.2).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortableDocumentFormat
http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/support/topiclegalnotices.html

It is irritating that Apple has just added some tips about annotations to Pro Tips:
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/pdf_annotation.html?sr=hotnews

No mention of the loss of a function or that the sticky note annotations may not be viewable for non-Preview users!

Shame on apple for tricking its customers into believing that Preview had better annotation features on Leopard than on Tiger !!!

This is CLEARLY not the case!!! The option where you could add text boxes to the PDF itself which would be then printed with the original document is FAR SUPERIOR!!!

In my opinion, annotating things in Preview is a JOKE! You make an annotation, then you CAN'T DELETE IT ! I mean what kind of bs is this?

If you happen to make 2 annotations which are too close to each other the text boxes, that now are FORCED to appear at the margin of the text, OVERLAP rendering them USELESS!

"But hey, I can just delete the one overlapping or move it somewhere else! Can I...?"

NO MATE YOU CAN'T, gotta start it all over again!

300+ features my @$$, how about 300 - 1 ???

It is ridiculous that you can't make notes right on the PDF, but note (no pun intended) that you CAN delete or move existing notes - it's just totally unobvious how...

You have to set the sidebar to show Annotations (from its popup menu at the bottom of the sidebar), select the note *in the sidebar* and then hit delete, or go to the now-selected note icon and move it.

This is very frustrating. To lose a feature that I use most every day makes me question why I upgraded to Leopard. I too hope this functionality is restored in 10.5.3.

If you want to let apple know of your frustration, follow this link:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

Message was edited by: FogCitySFO

OSX 10.5.2 : this does not work for me !

Rup

I spent hours trying to figure this one out. It was driving me mad. I finally went to a Genius Bar. I don't want to dis the "genius", but it took her a while to discover that this feature was missing.
I pray that Apple fixes this...