Xournal is an
open source tool for annotating
PDF
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files. It supports
pen
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* (National Ecological Party), former name of the Brazilian political party Patriota (PATRI)
* PEN International, a worldwide association of writers
** English PEN, the founding centre of PEN International
** PEN America, located ...
,
mouse
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, and
keyboard
Keyboard may refer to:
Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Mus ...
input. It and the related Xournal++ are commonly used for adding annotations and electronic
signatures
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to PDF files, especially on
Linux
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desktops.
PDF annotations
Users can open PDF files and use Xournal to
highlight in color, type text, and draw diagrams. Xournal uses the
Poppler program library to render the PDF files.
Annotations can be saved in the program's
.xoj file format without modifying the original PDF file. Users can export a separate annotated PDF.
Xournal++
The related project Xournal++ uses the
.xopp file extension. It started as a rewrite of Xournal in
C++, but has since grown beyond the original. Xournal stopped adding new features in 2016, while Xournal++ remains under active development in 2024. Although Xournal++ is not formally considered the successor to Xournal, the original's author suggests users try Xournal++.
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See also
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Open-source software
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Open educational resources
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Smart Pen
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Handwriting recognition
Handwriting recognition (HWR), also known as handwritten text recognition (HTR), is the ability of a computer to receive and interpret intelligible handwriting, handwritten input from sources such as paper documents, photographs, touch-screens ...
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Windows Journal
Windows Journal is a notetaking application, created by Microsoft and included in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition as well as selected editions of Windows Vista and later. It was renewed in 2021 in Windows 11.
Previous discontinued version from Wind ...
References
Free PDF software
Cross-platform free software
Free software for Linux
Free software for Windows
Free software for macOS
Note-taking software that uses GTK
Free software programmed in C++
Software using the GNU General Public License