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Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. Skim is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF.

Skim includes many features and has a great user interface.

What’s New:
Version 0.9.2:

New Features

• Make reading notes from .skim or .fdf files undoable.
• Allow saving passwords for protected files in the keychain.
• Organize bookmarks with folders and separators.
• Add RTFD export templates and make snapshots and pages and their thumbnails accessible in templates.
• You can now show a PDF snapshot in a split below the main PDF.
• Drawer die-hards can now set a hidden default to let Skim use drawers instead of panes.
• Add Spanish translation (thanks Alejandro Cámara Iglesis).

Bugs Fixed

• Don’t use transparent background color text note editing, as the black background shines through.
• Show progress sheet when reverting a document, so you access the document and crash during reload.
• The contents pane is now always opened, unless the file has no TOC and you have chosen so in the preferences.
• Remove the table of contents before reloading a document to avoid a crash.
• Don’t animate page state changes in a presentation.

Developer’s website: C. Hofman, A. Maxwell, and M. McCracken