I have just annotated a pdf for a colleague of mine who is not a Box user. I shared a link to the pdf, and I shared a link to the folder that the annotated pdf is in, but my colleague cannot access the annotations using any of those links.
Is there really no way to share a pdf with the annotations with a non-Box user? I can find nothing similar to "Allow people with this link to view annotations" on the Share link dialog.
Thanks
// MVHMF
Hi Martin,
Welcome to the Box Community!
Annotation is currently not accessible to open shared links, so unfortunately, non-Box users won't be able to access it.
If this is something you would like to be able to do, I would highly recommend submitting this feature request at pulse.box.com! Our product managers review these requests and take them into consideration for future product development.
Best,
OK, thanks. I will post that feature request. It would make annotating pdfs directly in Box much more useful (to me).
In the meantime, is there any way that I can myself download the annotations? I really would not want to put in all the time needed to manually copy-paste everything into a stand-alone pdf-annotator.
Thanks
// MVHMF
Hi Martin,
Unfortunately, Annotations are not downloadable at present.
Have you considered inviting your colleague as a Collaborator? This should allow her to access annotations, although, inviting a someone as a collaborator will required the invitee to sign up for a Box account to access the content.
Best,
Yes, in the end that was how we solved our problem. He signed up for a free Box account and I invited him to the folder as a collaborator.
Thanks
//MVHMF
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