Allow tagging specific locations in a pdf file the same way we do jpg files

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C Hodgins said: I would like to be able to tag people at specific locations in a pdf file to make it easier to find the reference to an individual in the file.

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Tom Huber said: PDF files are not image files. For this (tagging) to be possible, the programmers would need to do some serious work with aligning the presentation of the PDF data and the tag interface.

I'm not sure it can even be done, but we will have to hear from a FS person to know whether or not this is possible.

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Cina Johnson said: I would also love to be able to tag specific parts of a pdf file to the person it pertains to. I hope the developers will be able to do that until then, I continue to add .jpgs of each page of a document so that I can add the tagging/faceplates. I understand that FS is working on ways to "group" these documents so maybe that will suffice.

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gasmodels said: Probably the easiest thing to do is for the submitter to make a tag by using the PDF highlight feature. It is possible to mark say names or specific parts of a PDF file with a hightlight and then refer to the highlight in comments for example. As Tom stated above drawing a tag on an existing PDF file is probably out of the question to expect. The programming effort is not worth the benefit gained.

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Cina Johnson said: Thank you for the idea of highlighting the PDF. I'll give it a try.