| Re: Search PDF annotations only [message #1590 is a reply to message #1589] |
Tue, 06 December 2022 04:53   |
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I don't think it's possible to search for pdf annotations, either in Spotlight, Foxtrot, or any other text indexer. That's because the annotation layer is not part of the text in the pdf file. This is why there are solutions Adobe Acrobat, "PDF Expert" and "PDF Reader Pro" that allows you to add annotation as a searchable text layer to your pdf. Maybe someone else can correct me, but if you take notes by adding annotation to your pdf ... then they're pretty much not searchable. UNLESS, you export the annotations of your pdf to a separate text file; then you can search that exported annotation. Some solutions like Devonthink and PDF Expert Pro will let you export annotations.
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