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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File-Specific Bookmarks
Is there a feature in Preview that will let me maintain a collection of file-specific bookmarks? For example, I often place bookmarks at the beginning of various chapters in books. I might decide to ...
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iPad/iPad2 - PDF page rendering speed
I would like to know how long (in milliseconds) does it take for the iPad/iPad2 to render a PDF page. Every page and every PDF are different, of course. I am interested in average figures if you have ...
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Using Automator CLI with passed file name
I'd like to apply a quartz filter (Reduce File Size) through Preview Export using the command line while passing in the input and output filenames through CLI. I'm thinking the best way to do this is ...
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PDFs missing from iBooks on iPad after restore
After a complete restore of my iPad 2 from iTunes, all my PDF books not from the iTunes Store were gone. I just saw them for seconds and then disappeared. How can I get them back?
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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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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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Automator remove all but the first page of a pdf in Monterey
Under Monterey,
Is there an easy way to have automator delete all but the 1st page of a pdf file.
Or extract the 1st page?
My end goal is to create a thumbnail image from the 1st page, but the ...
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Print pdfs: field controls for page's header & footer
When "printing" a web page to a .pdf file, fields are applied in the page's header and footer:
print date & time field is included in the header.
URL field and page number field in the ...
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How to sync PDFs from Mac Books directly to iPad without going through iCloud?
I cannot figure out for the life of me how to do this. When I try to sync my iPad to my Mac it just has a loading circle even after I've trusted my computer and typed in my passcode.
I just want to ...
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Preview fullscreen starts at two pages but reverts to continuous scroll
When I open a pdf file in Preview and click full screen, Preview defaults to the "Two Pages" view option, which I prefer. However, every time I come back after being away from the computer, ...
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Can't save any files into pdf now
I've been using Mac. Suddenly I can't save any files into pdf now.
Can't print a webpage into PDF; can't print a word into PDF; and can't even sign on a PDF and save. Even Word's "Save as" ...
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Preview: "The original document can't be saved, so a duplicate with your changes has been created" - problem only in Dropbox/Documents and Desktop
I have an odd issue since updating Dropbox to a version that should support the new cloud application management in Ventura:
When I open a PDF in the Preview.app and enter some text, I get the above ...
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How can I automatically print different PDFs based on specific contents of emails?
Basically an if/then script. If an email contains certain text, then print this PDF. Been trying to figure it out but I have zero idea what I'm doing. Happy to do it myself but can't seem to get ...
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Indexing and searching comments inside PDF files
I'm searching for an app capable of indexing/searching not just PDF files content, but also the comments and revisions inside them - some of the docs I'm using have more than 1000 comments...and the ...
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Block Quick Look During Downtime
According to System Preferences, the Downtime feature of Screen Time "[s]ets a schedule for time away from the screen. During downtime, only apps that you choose to allow and phone calls will be ...
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When converting my svg file to pdf, the picture gets strangely distorted (it rotates)
On Inkscape I've added a logo to a picture. While it looks perfectly fine on Inkscape, the saved version (as a PDF) is partly distorted. The picture looks like it's been turned by 90° while the ...
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Can one reopen a PDF in a Safari tab in the same position it was when Safari was quit?
I often read PDF documents in Safari.
Whenever I close Safari and reopen it, the PDF I'm currently reading opens on page 1 instead of where I was reading it.
This is a big issue for me and one of the ...
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Hyperlinks Keynote exported to PDF
I have created a keynote document with lots of hyperlinks. When I open the PDF in goodnotes, the hyper links that are for pages that are less than 13 slides away are slow (you can see the pages ...
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Automator Workflow Help: Copy File Name and Paste into a PDF annotation text box in preview
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A user requests
Automator Assistance
A workflow I seek
I would like to create a workflow to automate a copy and paste function. I have a compiled the .jpg's of over 500 newspaper clippings ...
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Split a PDF based on subject matter
I want to split a PDF into multiple PDFs based on subject matter, however the pages of the PDF file are not grouped by subject.
I wouldn't mind manually tagging each page and then extracting pages by ...
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Compression of PDF with added images on preview
I have a PDF to which I copied and pasted an image. I am trying to compress the PDF with preview, but whenever I try it, the compression happens only to the original contents of the pdf and not to the ...
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Pages Export to PDF changes layout
I am using Pages. I have a 255 page document, which includes text and photographs.
I intend to export the document as a pdf when completed. Attempts to export drafts of the document, in all three &...
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Is it possible to add handwritten hideable notes to a pdf with an Apple Pencil?
In Preview, you can add a note somewhere and write text in it. This note hides afterward. I want this but with the possibility to make notes with an Apple Pencil within this speech bubble e.g. for ...
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In Mac Automator, how can I pull text from an email and paste it into other programs?
macOS 11.6.5
I receive email orders at my company. The orders are always in the same format. I created some sample data below. Items I need to extract are email address, customer name, shipping ...
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How to make the annotations of a pdf permanent?
I have a PDF and I have written some annotations with a pen on a tablet. I would like now these to be fixed to the PDF, so that nobody can remove the annotation or move them. Is there a simple way to ...
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How do I batch open PDFs in Adobe from Google Drive on iPad 2?
It's an old device but very tiresome to go make available offline -> open -> open in -> adobe for every single PDF when I first open them in Google Drive.
Is the only solution to use Adobe ...
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How to convert a multi page pdf with text into a multi-page pdf of images?
I need the PDF to look like it has been downloaded, and scanned back to be sent via email.
I therefore need a "vector" pdf with text to be converted to a multipage PDF made up of the same ...
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How to use Automator to save a PDF's Metadata to Variable
Essentially I wanted to get the author or title and save it as a variable to use as a subject for an email I am generating through automator. This is what I am attempting to do now:
The variable ...
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Automator script: add header from user text
I make a lot of flash cards in my work, and I'm looking to create a workflow to automatically stamp each with the relevant textbook and unit number. So far I've got as far as to open the pdf file from ...
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How can I directly download a PDF without previewing it first on a web browser on iPad?
I had the URL of a large PDF (e.g., https://aclanthology.org/2021.acl-long.pdf). How can I directly download the PDF without previewing it first on a web browser on iPad? I would like to open it in ...
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Why the preview windows follow me when I update to the Monterey?
I recently updated my macOS from Catalina to Monterey. But then I find that when I create multiple desktops and open a Preview window on desktop A, then changing to desktop B via the three-finger ...
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Adobe Pro DC : How to group and move a block of text and a surrounding box that contains this text
With Adobe Pro DC under macOS Monterey, I have the following figure where I active the option "modify text and figures" :
I want to move the entire selection and content of the grey legend ...
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Create an Automator action to insert a PDF table in Excel using data from picture
I'd like some help to create an Automator workflow to carry out the following please:
Select a PDF file containing a table of data
Convert the PDF file to an image
Open Microsoft Excel and import the ...
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Print preview to PDF in safari layout fixes
When trying to print to PDF this page in Safari on Mac - https://theurbanwatch.com/fashion/seven-female-fashion-designers-to-celebrate-on-international-womens-day/, there are huge page breaks. How can ...
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Make PDF dark-mode friendly in Adobe DC Acrobat Reader or alternative
I was looking for a way to read a PDF in "dark mode". Found this answer here However I was curios if there's a way to make Adobe Acrobat Reader more dark-mode friendly or if there exists an ...
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Automatically pull Google Doc into Pages to create PDF
Google Docs is handy for collaborative editing & referencing. But Pages makes the prettiest PDFs.
So my current process is:
from google docs, export as word doc
open in Pages
export to PDF
Is ...
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Is there an app for iPadOS (or any workaround) that can put multiple pages from PDF in one big board or canvas?
As the question title said, I would like to know if there is an app for iPadOS where I can put and "clutter" several pages from multiple PDFs on a very big board or canvas and I can freely ...
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Macbook preview shows the right pdf file, Adobe repeats 1 page 3 times
I have to append one pdf file by 2 single pages. I do this in preview and the complete pdf file now has 4 pages and displays correctly in Preview, pages one through 4.
If I open the same 4 page pdf ...
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Is there any program to draw on the screen during full screen presentations via Zoom? Device: MacBook Air
I am holding a presentation and want to write (with a Wacom graphic tablet) on the screen while presenting. My slides are created in Keynote, but I can use the exported .pdf document as well.
So far I'...
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Is there any way to modify the titles of opened PDFs displayed on the tabs?
I used to work on Chrome but I am considering to switch to Safari entirely due to the horrible battery efficiency of Chrome. I noticed when opening PDF files, the titles of tabs all appeared as links ...
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Text selection in Preview only selects most bottom line, while highlighting a whole column
I have a scanned document with OCR. In Adobe Acrobat, I can select and copy words without a problem (first screenshot, 1). However, if I open the very same document in Preview and try to select the ...
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macOS Save dialog does not show up for Preview
I created an image file by pasting an image into Preview (Command + N). When I want to save it, the Save dialog does not appear. The Preview window looks as follows:
The red button in the upper-left ...
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How to set MS Powerpoint for Mac 2019 to stop the scale to fit paper when printing?
Recently I find MS Powerpoint for Mac 2019 ignores the scale to fit paper option in print setup and always scale the ppt page to 100% paper size. Currently I change the paper size in print setup to ...
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Unable to delete page in pdf using preview
I received an encrypted pdf file. Usually, I'm able to delete and/or rearrange pages in the pdf using preview, but this one doesn't allow me that option. What is preventing me from making edits?
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Fix/restore "Print to PDF" to preset location in Big Sur
Recently updated to Big Sur. Previously in Catalina (and prior) I was able to open a print dialog box, select the PDF drop down and choose a preset folder I had saved (Dropbox/Receipts folder) where ...
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Why display of this PDF in Safari disappears after scrolling down? Possible relationship to energy usage?
This comment links to
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.13162
https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12539
I right-click both in Safari, opening new private viewing tabs then click PDF on each page.
The first one (1.) ...
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Script / automator action that combines pdfs with the same name from different folders
I'm trying to write a simple script / automator tool that should achieve the following:
I have 600 Pdf-Files in one folder and 600 Pdf-Files with the identical names in a different folder. Now I would ...
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Is there any method to make PDF print out nicely for highlighting on Google Chrome?
This problem happens on Google Chrome but is also on the Mac, so I am not entirely sure if it is a Mac related issue or Chrome issue.
For some webpages, such as https://redux.js.org/introduction/...
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Applescript help to open specific pages from separate PDFs in same or different window, via their URL or UUID?
I use a database app called DEVONthink (DT), which stores PDF files. I could use a hand writing a little script which is already partially written. Its use-case is to activate DT, then bring-to-...
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