Skim

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

What is new in this release:

New Features

• Allow text select tool in split PDF feature.
• Add straight line segments in freehand notes by holding the Option key.

Bugs Fixed

• Fix some minor leaks.
• More efficient note conversion.
• Fix selection of overlapping notes.
• Fix size of toolbar buttons.
• Fix toolbar buttons.
• Fix clearing of selection on 10.13.
• Work around automatic scrolling issues on 10.13.
• Work around ATS bug in 10.11, to allow downloading new versions
• Improve app transport security on (High) Sierra.
• Always clear selection after adding markup notes.
• Improve custom cursor images.
• Improve thread safety.

What is new in version 1.4.31:

• Ensure anchored notes are really removed on 10.12.4.
• Correct pinch zoom in snapshots and split PDF.
• Fix a crasher when adding or removing a note.
• Improve thread safety.
• Don't scroll after PDF synchronisation when line is visible.

What is new in version 1.4.27:

New Features

• Display marked up text in the note table.
• Expand or collapse all items in note table by holding the Option key.

Bugs Fixed

• Fix updating of preview tooltip areas on older systems.
• Change shortcuts for changing tool modes to Option-arrow.
• Remember scroll position for marked pages.
• Fix page rotation through gestured.
• Fix shadow in images on retina displays.
• Only allow secure downloads.
• Draw anchored notes on 10.12 in snapshots and split PDF view.
• Fix to allow non-bordered text notes on 10.12.
• Display alternate anchored note icons on 10.12.
• Ensure black background in Presentation mode.
• Fix drag highlights.
• Improve compatibility with tabs.
• Better suppress prompt for update checking.
• Fix the ordering of quadrilateral points for markup notes.
• Bring back for Services support on 10.12.

What is new in version 1.4.26:

• Enable graphics card switching.
• Fix side pane animation.
• Workaround for drawing anchored notes.
• Fix scrolling in single page mode on 10.12.
• Fix redrawing the PDF after changes on 10.12.
• Allow background searching of the PDF on 10.12, as this should be fixed now.
• Fix link previews on 10.12.
• Fix some images.

What is new in version 1.4.24:

• Bring back workarounds for drawing bugs in freehand and line notes.
• Improve security of updater.

What is new in version 1.4.20:

• Bring back workarounds for drawing bugs in freehand and line notes.
• Improve security of updater.

What is new in version 1.4.19:

New

• Some extensions to template format.
• Support for Marquee Zoom feature, select while holding Command and Option.
• Hidden preference to read notes from a .skim sidecar file when notes were found in attributes.

Bugs Fixed

• Reduce waste in export of notes as RTFD.
• Avoid a crash when drawing collapsed line notes.
• Make sure notes are saved when auto-saving on newer systems.
• Pass selection to "with data" argument of "make" command to create new markup notes in AppleScript.
• Remove drawing overrides for freehand and one notes as Apple should have fixed this bug.
• Fix some small leaks.

What is new in version 1.4.18:

New

• AppleScript command to edit a note.
• Remember scroll offset in document setup.

Bugs Fixed

• Fix redraw outside visible area.
• Fix PDF accessibility.
• Remove newlines from outline labels so they're fully displayed.

What is new in version 1.4.14:

New Features

• Some hidden preferences to customize full screen mode.

Bugs Fixed

• Don't try to fix accessibility on 10.10.
• Make sure main menu and dock are hidden in presentation mode.
• Fix magnify tool on 10.10.
• Fix freehand note drawing on 10.10.
• Fix snapshot selection drawing on 10.10.
• Fix cursor in presentation mode.
• Fix AppleScript support for selections.

What is new in version 1.4.11:

New Features

• Add notes for selected search results through contextual menu.
• Placeholder for output file in PDF-TeX sync command.
• Toolbar button images on Yosemite consistent with new style.

Bugs Fixed

• Reopen last open documents also when restoring Skim at login.
• Correct notes ordering, notes creation and reading bar on PDFs with rotated pages.
• Improve determination of mouse cursor.
• Resolution independent drawing of artwork for retina displays.
• Don't use source list style tables on Yosemite for inconsistencies with new style.
• Improve performance for documents with a lot of notes.
• Fix presentation page transitions.
• Fix key view loop in anchored note windows.

What is new in version 1.4.10:

• Try to order notes right to left with such languages.
• New toolbar buttons for Book Mode and Page Breaks.
• Add PDF-TeX sync preset for Atom.
• Allow automatic resizing of note row height, though the context menu.
• Fix links to Wiki.
• Fix Favorite Colors toolbar item on Yosemite.
• Fix history highlights on Yosemite.
• Workaround for wrong order of page navigation by scrolling in Yosemite.
• Fix bug in undo for bookmarks deletion.
• Fix script menu icon in dark mode.
• Improve file update checking, can now detect file replacements.
• Avoid a hang in the Preferences on Yosemite.
6 Mar 18 in Educational & Science Software, Science Software