Re: [Skim-app-users] highlighting in a single column of PDF

[James H. <ja...@ho...>]

On 9 Oct 2008, at 5:04 PM, Andrei Sobolevskii wrote:

> On 10 Oct 2008, at 00:58, Tony J. Simon Ph.D. wrote:
>
>> I'd like to be able to highlight several lines in e.g. the left
>> column of a 2 column PDF but have not found a way to do that without
>> either
>> a) including text in the right column if I click and drag down or
>> b) having to make several separate notes one for each line
>>
>> Is there a way round this problem?
>
> Alt-click and drag selects a rectangular area.

I hate to be rude; your questions are welcome, but this is an FAQ:

http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ#How_can_I_select_text_in_columns.3F

If you have any suggestions as to how to make this more obvious please  
let us know; although bear in mind that the key/action is a PDFKit,  
not Skim, decision.

Thanks,
James