Questions tagged [pdf]
Documents in the Portable Document Format, created by Adobe Systems, and readable with Adobe Reader, Apple Preview, and other software programs
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How to install pdftools with MacPorts?
After installing R-pdftools with MacPorts (V2.8.1 on Sonoma) without any error messages I cannot find pdftools in Terminal.
What's wrong?
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How to read PDF on iPhone in narrower columns?
How can I read the text of a PDF on my iPhone redrawn to fit narrower columns? So that the words on screen can be bigger and I won't need to scroll sideways to read a line.
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How can I edit Books’ metadata on iOS?
On iPhone SE 2 running iOS 16.6.1, there is no feature to edit the “Author” field in the Books app, for PDFs.
There is no feature to edit the metadata of files in the Files app either:
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Page from a website won't print to PDF in some browsers
I’m using Safari on macOS Catalina (version 10.15.7) to plan bus trips on octranspo.com. When I have the times and route finalized I’ll print the map to a PDF. If I use Firefox or Brave the page has a ...
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Why is my Quick Actions menu (mostly) empty? I want to combine text-file and/or Pages-files into a PDF
When I right click on a Pages file (singular) or multiple text-files and open the Quick Actions submenu it is empty (only Customize… is visible). According to https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/...
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How do I set the default zoom when viewing PDFs in Safari?
In Mac OS X 10.14, Safari defaults to "zoom to fit" when opening a PDF.
There used to be a WebKitPDFScaleFactor item in the safari.plist but I don't think it exists anymore.
How do I change ...
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Printer prints black as white and black as white.. why?
This happens only with PDF files.
Same file if i print from a windows laptop it prints fine.
From MacBook (2021, M1, Sonoma) it will print black as white and white as black.
Anyone has any idea why? I ...
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How to prevent preview from recognizing the numbers in PDFs as phone numbers?
As a tech worker, I often read documents in PDF formats, and Preview often recognize the numerical parameter sets in those documents as "phone contacts".
How do I prevent Preview from doing ...
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How do I use Zathura after Homebrew installation?
Command line newbie here. I was looking for a PDF/EPUB reader that didn't annihilate my retinas, and looked like Zathura was a good option since others didn't seem to have dark mode. I installed ...
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Exporting a Pages doc without changing spacing
I have many Pages documents containing song lyrics and guitar chords. Each chord is above a specific word of the song.
I need to export it to a web app. Everything I have tried changes the spacing and ...
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PDF document: How to disable redirection to the Maps app on sentences like "1987 Wall Street"?
In a PDF document, apps such as Preview and Skim attempt to redirect to the Maps app when clicking on words that look like an address, e.g. "1987 Wall Street", instead of properly displaying ...
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Keynote equation export to PDF shows different
I am writing an equation with an absolute value:
d(c,x)=|c_1-x_1|+|c_2-x_2|
In Keynote, it looks good:
But when I export to PDF, the equation becomes
(absolute notation is not rendered).
I am using ...
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PDF Files Appear Corrupted on MacOS Sonoma/Ventura/Monterey (but they aren't really)
My M1 Macbook Pro shows all PDF files as corrupted, whether I'm looking at it in the finder preview pane, using spacebar to quick-preview or double click to open. Opening that same PDF on the same ...
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How can I use the terminal to put put files in a directory into folders, grouping them based on name?
I have a large directory with pdf files in it (several thousand). The files are all named with a 5-digit number at the beginning like this:
Directory
|___00001 file 1.pdf
|___20000 file 1.pdf
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Save a webpage with many pictures as a pdf file
So far I have found the best way to save a webpage with many pictures as a PDF file is to use Safari, switch to reader mode then "export as pdf", much better than using Chrome and print to &...
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One to 2 characters truncated on right margin of Apple Email messages when printed or saved as PDF
Some Apple mail client email messages truncate 1 to 2 characters on the right of the message when printed or saved as a PDF. Have tested from a Mac with a printer setup and a Mac that has never had an ...
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pandoc problem with unicode
On MacOS 12.6.9, I try to convert a Markdown file to PDF. For this, I'm using pandoc 3.1.2, installed with Homebrew. There are problems converting the characters ∧ and ∨, which I use for expressing ...
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Preserve arrangement of Preview tabs and windows on restart
To keep organized, I generally open closely-related PDF files as tabs in the same Preview window, with a separate multi-tab window for each distinct subject (so about 4 or 5 windows, with 5 tabs open ...
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Printing a webpage selection with properly formatted math characters
I'm having an issue where I'm trying to print a selection of a webpage with math symbols.
If I select a portion of the webpage to print the math symbols are corrupted.
However if I print the entire ...
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Preview and PDF: Remove a password which I do know
I have a protected PDF file, in which I cannot highlight text using Preview and which I cannot print without a password.
I do know a password, but I cannot understand how to remove it from the ...
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Copy paste with mupdf in MacOS
I would like to copy paste with mupdf in MacOS. I can successfully highlight text by using the CTRL button and the mouse button. But I cannot copy the highlighted text.
I tried the following in (found ...
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Copy a book with highlights from iPad to computer
I read PDFs on my iPad so that I can easily highlight them. However, I am unable to find out how to easily copy that PDFs (with the highlights) back to my computer. Please note that I am new to Apple ...
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How to create a PDF to image shortcut in the Shortcuts app
Specifically, I'd like to use Shortcuts.app to receive a PDF in Finder quick actions, create a new folder at the path of the PDF, and export the pages within the PDF as a user-defined image type.
I ...
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Why doesn't Preview save all pages of a certain PDF as a PNG file?
I am trying to save a 30-page PDF as a PNG file. I do this by going to File >> Export. However, only the first four pages save into the PNG. This is the case regardless of whether or not all ...
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Jailbroken ipad 2 transfer pdfs
I just jailbroke my old Ipad 2 to add some pdfs to it. Done it with 3uTools and connected to it with WINSCP (im on a PC with Win10). Everything works fine except when i transfer my PDFs to the IPad ...
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Convert PDF to 300 pixels per inch TIFF
I need to convert an existing PDF document into TIFF.
The following code works, -
tell application "Preview"
activate
open POSIX file "/Users/john/Desktop/12.pdf"
save ...
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Unable to export Pages document as PDF via AppleScript
I try to export Pages document as PDF, and for some reason the app says something is wrong:
tell front document of application "Pages"
export to "Macintosh HD:Users:myName:Documents:...
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How to check a certificate-based signature on a PDF document on Preview?
Let's say I received a PDF document that supposedly was signed with a digital certificate, instead of pasting a hand-drawn signature. Can I use Preview to see the signature's properties and check if ...
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How to make hyperlinks work on PDFs from MS Word for Mac
I am using Word 16-72 on Ventura 13.4.1.
I created a document with numerous hyperlinks to webpages and email addresses. Inside Word, I hover the mouse over the links and if I click, they work.
When I ...
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Why is Mac Chrome making pdfs of webpages text unselectable
I wonder if you are experiencing this issue when printing web pages straight to pdf: The issue is the text in the pdf is unselectable.
Chrome Version 114.0.5735.198 (Official Build) (arm64)
MacBook ...
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Since Preview does not support embedded JS, am I safe from attacks using it as a vector?
Recently, I have been doing some research on PDF attacks. From what I could gather, there are two types of attacks that seem most common: Hyperlink based and JavaScript based.
Now, flattening a PDF ...
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Why can I delete a folder, but not a locked pdf inside it?
Just came across this after reading a READ_ME pdf for an application. Accidentially moved it to bin, but it was password locked, and opening it displays locked in the preview app. But I can move the ...
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How to find a list of open source / free pdf editors?
brew search --casks pdf
returns
abbyy-finereader-pdf pd pdf-toolbox pdfpenpro
cisdem-pdf-converter-ocr pdf-converter-master pdfelement ...
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Preview doesn't reopen documents that were open in last session
I am currently operating with Monterey, 12.6.5. I routinely keep 20+ documents open in Preview. Whenever Preview quits, whether it is for a restart, an intentional quit, a crash, or a forced quit, it ...
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Is missing unsafe-inline in CSP truncating PDF height a bug in Safari (WebKit) display of pdf files?
I maintain a small website for a non-profit organization. Multiple pdfs are available for viewing on the website.
I’ve come across an issue with a pdf file display in the current version of Safari (v. ...
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In Preview, how do I change certain text color to a different color on a PDF?
I'm using Mac Big Sur and I would like to change the certain selected text color on my PDF to a different color. I like Preview because it is a free application (open to other free applications). I ...
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Can't open PDFs after update
After updating to macOS 11.7.6 (and the short-lived version before that) I can't open most of my PDFs through the finder or with the open command. When I double click the file, the requested ...
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How to get rid of PDF permissions issue
Whenever I try to open an outpath.pdf file that I create (like this) :
-- joining PDFs
do shell script quoted form of ("/System/Library/Automator/Combine PDF Pages.action/Contents/MacOS join"...
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Does Safari's 'Export as PDF' keep JavaScript and allows data from external sources?
According to this answer, PDF files may contain executable behavior such as JavaScript, filesystem access, loading external (or local) resources, etc.
In macOS (but also interesting for iOS), I'd love ...
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In presentation mode, Keynote renders vector graphics badly (imported as PDF)
I want to have my logo as vector graphic in Keynote.
Although Keynote offers nice basic functionality to create vector graphics, it doesn't seem to import SVG or any other vector file format.
I read ...
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Can I export a document from iOS Freeform to get Vector quality PDF?
I updated to iOS 16.4 today and was excited to play with Freeform.
I like that my sketches are sharp inside Freeform even when I zoomed up to 400%, but when I exported to PDF and AirDropped the sketch ...
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Read screen on iPhone
Read screen feature on iPhone is great.
However it is not so easy to use in a sense that you can make it read anything, anywhere. For example, one had better download a PDF file to make it recognize ...
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How do I prevent Preview.app from confirming each time I click on a web link?
Prior to MacOS Ventura, clicking on a web link within a PDF viewed in Preview.app would immediately open that URL in my default browser. Since upgrading to Ventura, however, clicking on such a web ...
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How to write backslash in Apple script
I want to do this from the shell with an Apple Script:
/System/Library/Automator/Combine\ PDF\ Pages.action/Contents/MacOS/join -o output inpath1 inpath2
However I don't know how to write backslash ...
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Preview app keep crashing (13.2.1 (22D68))
I edited a PDF with Acrobat, but now when I try to open Preview, it crashes immediately without generating a bug report (it did the first time).
I tried to locate the com.apple.Preview.plist file to ...
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Converting several pages from PNG/JPG to PDF with Preview isn't working
I have tried everything and unfortunately have not found a solution so far (although I am not very knowledgeable about it).
Preview has not been able to convert several files (e.g. PNG or JPEG files) ...
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PDF reader for iPad that refreshes automatically after changes to the PDF?
I am looking for a pdf reader for my iPad Pro, which automatically refreshes the pdf when another app makes changes to the pdf.
I using Vim in a-Shell to edit my LaTeX document and display the pdf ...
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Preview slide show automatic slide switch every 5 seconds
How do you change the default number of seconds each slide is presented for in the Slide Show setting for a PDF on Preview? It seems to be set automatically at 5 seconds.
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How can I change the background color of a PDF?
I have a PDF with pages of simple black and white text (if it helps, it's a 100+ page plus screenplay; you could picture a very long college essay). I am trying to call out to the reader, "please ...
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Creating a PDF File from some specific data in HTML Tags in a website in Safari
I have the following task that I need to automate as much as possible:
Grab Page Source from currently open site in Safari. This is a site whose HTML structure is fixed, but specific data (such as ...
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