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When using Skim I can export any kind of pdf annotations, including highlighted text, to a file.

Is it possible to do the same thing with pdf-tools in Emacs?

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  • I have not tried this but check out this blog post on taking notes with pdf-tools and org-mode. – Kaushal Modi Jul 21 '16 at 14:54
  • I put the code from the blog post in my init.el and then run M-x pdf-annot-markups-as-org-text. It asks for a pdf. I used a pdf with my highlighted annotations but the answer was wrong type argument. Nevertheless I think the answer to my question may be in this blog post. – sbac Jul 21 '16 at 15:33
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I don't know if it is possible with pdf-tools, but it is possible with org-noter (https://github.com/weirdNox/org-noter).

Here is a little demonstration:

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You call org-noter in the pdf buffer. Then use the org-noter-create-skeleton function to exoprt the highlights to the org-noter notes file.

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  • When I try org-noter-create-skeleton I receive the message that this command is only possible with pdf-tools. – sbac Apr 21 at 14:29

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