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ruiorfao
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November 20, 2016
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PDF document revision and annotations

  • November 20, 2016
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Hello community

i like annotations a lot, the problem is that i work with pdf files that get reviewed from time to time.

it means, every time the pdf file gets a new version i must copy and paste those annotations and highlights from the previous version to the new version.

all the times the newer pdf have the same chapters plus the new ones.

i wonder if there is a tool to automate this procedure.

if a annotation is found at chapter 2 at the older document (eg, page 45) it must be copied to the chapter 2 of the newer document (eg, page 47), and make a list if the mach could not be found to manually handle it.

appreciate your help

kind regards

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    try67
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    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 20, 2016

    It could only be done if you could clearly state what's the logic behind moving the annotation from one location to another.

    It's not an easy task at all...

    ruiorfao
    ruiorfaoAuthor
    Participant
    November 20, 2016

    for annotations positioning It should use the bookmarks as absolute references and "quantity of pages after bookmark" as incremental reference.

    for highlighting it should use some kind of find or regular expression the find the most probable location with the near bookmark as reference.

    most of document revisions is to add pages or chapters and in some cases it will modify existing text. Example: service manuals, work procedures, how-to's..... It means 95% of existing text in older version will be exactly the same in the newer version And the bookmarks will not change.

    in other way, all import/export operations should be listed to be agreed by the user....

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 21, 2016

    Sorry, but that's simply not how PDF files and annotations within them work.

    If you want you're free to develop your own script/plugin/application that will attempt to do so, but as I said, it's an extremely complex task.

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