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This page discusses some of the [[libre software libre]] available for annotating digital documents, especially in the context of a pen-enabled tablet or similar input method.
==Production Ready=====Jarnal===
[http://jarnal.wikispaces.com/ Jarnal] is Java-based PDF annotation software. It runs on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
===Okular===
[http://okular.kde.org/ Okular] is the KDE document viewer. While the underlying PDF reader library [[w:Poppler (software)|Poppler]] does not yet [http://live.gnome.org/Evince/Annotations support annotations], Okular stores inking information its own database. Okular is a part of KDE and as such available for Linux, Mac OS and Windows as part of the KDE suite (sometimes packaged with kdegraphics).
===Xournal===[[Class_software#Xournal_-_GTK.2B_inking_application|Xournal]] is a GTK+-based inking application. It runs on Linux and potentially on other platforms. Annotation of PDFs is supported by loading a [[w:Poppler (software)|Popplar]]-rendered version of the PDF as a background image, but it requires that annotations be saved to a separate .xoj file or exported to a new PDF file , and does not support annotating PDF files directly.
==Under Development=====Braindump===http://blog.cberger.net/category/open-source/braindump/ ===KDE-Based Digital Whiteboard===http://www.elpauer.org/?p=1012 ==See Also==* [[Category:Libre course Class software]] [[Category:Comparisons of desktop softwareSoftware]]