GRAHL's PDF Annotator 2 beta available

One of my favorite Tablet PC applications, PDF Annotator, is about to hit a new version. PDF Annotator 2 is currently in beta and you can download it for free right now. The beta version will work until May 31, 2008, but that gives you plenty of time to try it out. Some of the new features include:

• New Page Manager containing thumbnails
• Bookmark Manager with ability to create your own bookmarks
• New completely customizable Toolbox
• Stamps
• Auto-smooth setting to smooth free hand lines
• Enhanced Full Screen mode with fly-in toolbars
• Improved Text Search in new search toolbar with search result highlighting
• New Continuous View and improved view and zoom behaviour
• Pan mode
• Page Navigation with history support
• Additional Text Box Styles with colored backgrounds and borders
• Many more useful in detail improvements like a much better and faster rendering engine

If you're not a risk-taker, that's OK too. You can download the current production version and use it for 30 days to see if it works well for you. I've found it to be an essential tool for inking and marking up PDF files. There are definitely some good alternatives out there, but I've been very happy with PDF Annotator. Before I forget: folks who bought a PDF Annotator license for $49.95 this year will get the next version upgrade for free. Might be worth a download and purchase now, in case version 2 goes up in price.