pdf - how to make changes (highlight etc.) in Acrobat in linked pdf & save pdf with changes to default library

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Hi Endnoters,

Newbie to the group. Sorry if redundant question.

I get the following message when I try to save a pdf after making highlights/edits within Adobe Acrobat X:  “The document could not be saved. The file may be read-only…Please save the document with a different name or in a different folder.”

I want to be able to

  • open a linked pdf from within Endnote,
  • read it in Adobe Acrobat X (not just the Endnote pdf previewer),
  • make changes to the pdf in Acrobat (add highlighting, post-it notes etc.)
  • save changes to the pdf in the default library location

Any ideas? Is this impossible without re-linking the pdf with the changes made to it?

Thanks in advance,

Anthony

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Thanks very much Leanne!

:smileyvery-happy:

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How can I do this in endnote x6? Looked everywhere, could NOT locate how to turn it off, thanks a lot in advance.

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In EndNote X6, I found if I closed the Reference Panel by going to the Layout button in the bottom right & set Reference Panel to Off , I was able to overwrite the original file though I was using Adobe Reader to annotate. If the Reference Panel is displaying, it won’t let me overwrite when I open the PDF using the default PDF application - Adobe Reader in my case.

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@leanne wrote:

The trick is to turn off the preview pdf in preferences in X5.  then you should be able to save it with your changes.

Hi,

May I ask you what do you mean “turn off the preview pdf” is in Preferences in X5?

I cannot find “preview pdf” options in Preferences in X5.

thank you in advance.

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Thank you very much for your explanation.

It works.