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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Why does my exFAT external disk show errors on Windows and corrupt PDF files after formatting on macOS?
I partitioned an external disk as exFAT on my Mac using diskutil and the following commands:
diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk force disk2
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk2 bs=1024 count=1024
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Maintain document state in Preview not working when PDF changed
I am using Emacs and AUCTeX on macOS Sonoma to modify PDFs that are open in Preview 11.0 when they are recompiled. However, I need to view parameters (page and view height/width) to remain the same ...
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Is there a way to find/restore files from temporary printing folder?
I have opened my visa application page with Print Preview and thought that it was saved this way. But now, I can't find it anywhere on my mac, and there is not way to review it on the website either.
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How does one split a PDF into individual pages with Preview
I would like to take a single 30-page PDF and split it so that it is 30 individual 1-page files (one file from each page of the original PDF).
I know that I have successfully done this in the past ...
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iOS default PDF viewer - go to specific page number
Is this actually possible?
I’ve tried long pressing on the page counter, looking in all the menus and typing page numbers into the search box…
On an iPhone using iOS 17, if the iPhone and iPad apps ...
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"Preview" cannot add bookmarks to specific pages
I prefer to read books in PDF format (and not in ePUB). For this, I use Preview, and of course I use bookmarks (menu bar > Tools > Add Bookmark, or Command-D). The problem is that some books ...
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Is there a way to override a Mac system font
I am using Avenir Next Condensed.ttc which is a Mac system font. This is my client's brand font.
My Mac OS and my Adobe software are all up to date.
The problem is most definitely in Adobe Acrobat, ...
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A PDF viewer that can reload and open pdf attached files
I'm searching for a PDF viewer with two specific capabilities: firstly, the ability to open attached PDF files, similar to Foxit PDF Reader or Adobe PDF Reader. Secondly, I need it to automatically ...
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Use Preview to edit at PDF which asks for two different phone numbers
I need to edit a PDF which has two fields marked "Phone no.". The phone numbers should be different from each other. Preview recognizes that these fields are for phone numbers, and "...
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Open pdf in Books
I used to use Books on my iPad but transferring files now seems difficult.
Attempting to sync with a Mac seems to delete files.
I can AirDrop to Files but seem unable to open/transfer to my Books ...
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Need help w Apple Script reading text and copying files to new folder
I'm needing help with an AppleScript I've been using. The current script I use reads a text file that contains pdf file names, and then moves those to a different folder. This one works well but I ...
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Transfer PDFs from a Win PC to iBooks on iPad3
I have a Win PC and an older Ipad3 (iOS 9.3.6) which I want to use as a PDF reader. Right now I copy the PDFs from my PC to iDrive/iCloud. On the iPad, in the iCloud app I "Share/Send" the ...
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Preview arbitrarily breaks up scans into multiple PDFs, Image Capture does not?
I'm running macOS 14.1 (23B74). I have a Canon MF656Cdw.
I find if I scan from the document feeder using Preview, it will sometimes break up the scan into separate PDFs in a way that's, well, ...
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Non-subscription gui software to manually rotate a page in a pdf by a few degrees for deskewing
I'm looking for a piece of software that can run on macos, that has a gui, and that enables the user to manually rotate a page in a pdf by a few degrees (say up to 5) in order to deskew the image. I ...
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Why does the markup bar on preview only display the "doodle" tool sometimes?
I feel like I'm going insane. In the markup bar on preview, there are "usually" two draw tools - the "sketch" one that autocorrects doodles to squares, arrows and ellipses, and the ...
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