For the most part, it works great! There is one problem: custom/image stamp annotations are not saved in a way that can be printed or that other PDF readers can see. I tested many.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Open a PDF file with Okular
2. Define a custom image stamp (Configure Okular > Annotations > Add > Stamp > enter a valid path to an image in the combobox)
3. Stamp your image into the document
4. File > Save As > Save the document somewhere
5. Use Okular to print the document or open it document in a non-Okular PDF viewer
EXPECTED RESULTS:
The image stamp is visible when the document is printed or viewed in a non-Okular PDF viewer
ACTUAL RESULTS:
The image stamp annotation is not visible In any of the non-Okular PDF viewers I had available: Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader, SumatraPDF, the PDF readers built into Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Acrobat reader can see and manipulate the *outlines* of the annotations, but the outlines have no images in them.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This affects a very common use case: wanting to add an image of the user's signature to a PDF document to sign it and send it back to them. When they open the file, the signature will not be visible unless they open it with Okular (unlikely).
Okular 1.0.3 on Kubuntu 17.04
A few years ago, Okular gained the ability to save annotations into PDF files: https:/ /bugs.kde. org/show_ bug.cgi? id=151614
For the most part, it works great! There is one problem: custom/image stamp annotations are not saved in a way that can be printed or that other PDF readers can see. I tested many.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. Open a PDF file with Okular
2. Define a custom image stamp (Configure Okular > Annotations > Add > Stamp > enter a valid path to an image in the combobox)
3. Stamp your image into the document
4. File > Save As > Save the document somewhere
5. Use Okular to print the document or open it document in a non-Okular PDF viewer
EXPECTED RESULTS:
The image stamp is visible when the document is printed or viewed in a non-Okular PDF viewer
ACTUAL RESULTS:
The image stamp annotation is not visible In any of the non-Okular PDF viewers I had available: Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader, SumatraPDF, the PDF readers built into Firefox and Microsoft Edge. Acrobat reader can see and manipulate the *outlines* of the annotations, but the outlines have no images in them.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This affects a very common use case: wanting to add an image of the user's signature to a PDF document to sign it and send it back to them. When they open the file, the signature will not be visible unless they open it with Okular (unlikely).