How To Edit In Preview Pdf For Mac

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When you open a PDF with multiple pages, you can view thumbnails of all the pages in the sidebar. In the Preview app on your Mac, open a PDF or image that you want to view. Do any of the following: Show.

1. Preview isn't a super-full-featured PDF editor. You can't remove elements from pages, for example. But Preview contains the basic, essential features that most users will be looking for when they seek out a PDF editor.
2. Preview Cannot Edit PDF on Mac. Mac Preview is the free utility to view, annotate, compress and manage PDF pages, but it is not capable of editing the PDF text. It does support filling out PDF forms, but the original PDF should come with form fields and interactive elements.

Mark up PDFs

Use the markup toolbar in Preview to add text and comments, sign documents, highlight text, and more. To show the markup toolbar, click the Show Markup Toolbar button at the top of the window, or choose View > Show Markup Toolbar. How to page down on mac.

Add text

In most PDFs, you can simply click a text field, then type to enter text in the field. How to change mouse settings mac.

If you can't add text to a field, use a text box instead:

• Click the Text button in the markup toolbar, or choose Tools > Annotate > Text.
• To show font, size, and color options for text in a text box, click the Text Style button in the markup toolbar.
• To move the text box, just drag it.

Highlight text

To turn highlight mode on or off, click the Highlight button in the toolbar. When highlight mode is on, highlights appear when you select text.

• To change the highlight color or switch to strikethrough or underline, click next to the Hightlight button , then choose an option.
• To remove a highlight, Control-click the text, then choose Remove Highlight.

Add notes

To add a note, click the Note button in the markup toolbar, or choose Tools > Annotate > Note.

• To close the note, click outside the note box. You can move notes anywhere on the document.
• To open a note, click the note box.
• To see all notes and highlights, choose View > Highlights and Notes.

Add your signature

1. Click the Sign button in the markup toolbar, or choose Tools > Annotate > Signature.
2. Click Create Signature, then choose whether to use your trackpad, built-in camera, or iOS device to create a signature:
   • Click Trackpad, then use your trackpad to sign your name with your finger. If you have a Force Touch trackpad, you can press harder on the trackpad to sign with a darker line. After you sign your name, press any key on the keyboard.
   • Click Camera, then sign your name on white paper and hold it up to the camera. Your Mac will automatically scan the signature and show it in the Camera window.
   • Click iPhone (or iPad or iPod touch), then sign your name on your device's screen when prompted. Learn more about using iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to sketch in or mark up documents.
3. Click Done.
   
4. Choose your signature to add it to the document. You can move and resize it anywhere on the document.
   

Edit images

• Crop: Drag to select the crop area, then choose Tools > Crop.
• Rotate: Choose Tools > Rotate Left or Rotate Right.
• Adjust color: Choose Tools > Adjust Color, then drag a slider to make an adjustment.
• Adjust size: Choose Tools > Adjust Size, enter the desired dimensions, then click OK.
• Get quick access to edit controls: Click the Show Markup Toolbar button at the top of the window.
  

Share and export

• To share your file, click the Share button , or choose File > Share. Then choose an option.
• To save your document or image in a different format, choose File > Export, choose a format, then click Save.

Learn more

Preview User Guide

You can open PDFs and images in Preview, change how documents are shown in the Preview window, and get information about the files.

Open PDFs and images

You can double-click a PDF or image file to open it by default in Preview. You can also open Preview and select the files you want to view.

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, choose File > Open.

2. Locate and select the file or files you want to open, then click Open.

   Tip: To open a file you've worked on recently, choose File > Open Recent.

To open a document in iCloud Drive, click iCloud Drive in the Finder sidebar, then double-click the PDF to open it. See Use iCloud Drive to store documents.

From the desktop, you can also select a file or files, then choose File > Open With > Preview.

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If you open multiple files at the same time, you can set them to open in the same Preview window or open in tabs.

View PDFs or images

When you open a PDF with multiple pages, you can view thumbnails of all the pages in the sidebar.

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open a PDF or image that you want to view.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Show thumbnails: Choose View > Thumbnails or View > Contact Sheet.

   • Show a document's table of contents (if it has one): Choose View > Table of Contents.

   • Close the sidebar: Choose View > Hide Sidebar.

   • Show pages in a continuous scroll: Choose View > Continuous Scroll. How to save a picture on mac.

   • Show one page at a time: Choose View > Single Page.

   • Show two pages side by side: Choose View > Two Pages.

   • Scroll pages: Swipe up or down on the trackpad using two fingers.

   • Go to a specific page: Click a thumbnail, or choose Go > Go to Page.

   • Go to the previous or next page: Click the Previous button or the Next button in the Preview toolbar. (If you don't see the buttons, choose View > Customize Toolbar, then add them.) If your Mac has a Force Touch trackpad, you can accelerate through the previous or next pages by pressing and holding the button, then adding pressure; the more firmly you press, the faster you move through the pages.

Change how thumbnails are shown

If a window sidebar contains multiple PDFs, you may have trouble finding a particular document. You can collapse a PDF's page thumbnails so you see only the PDF's filename.

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open a PDF or image that you want to view.

2. Do any of the following:

   • View thumbnails: Choose View > Thumbnails or View > Contact Sheet.

   • Sort thumbnails: Control-click a thumbnail, then choose an item from the Sort By submenu in the shortcut menu.

     The thumbnails are sorted by file. You can't sort PDF page thumbnails within a PDF.

   • Change the size of the thumbnails: Choose View > Thumbnails, then drag the sidebar's separator to the left or right to change the width of the sidebar.

   • Collapse or expand PDF thumbnails: Click the arrow next to the PDF's filename in the sidebar.

View information about PDFs or images

You can use the inspector to view information about a document or image, such as file size, the author's name, and the image resolution.

1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open a PDF or image that you want to view.

2. Choose Tools > Show Inspector, then do any of the following:

   • Get general file information: Click the General Info Inspector button .

   • View keywords: Click the Keywords Inspector button . See Assign keywords to a PDF or image.

   • View a list of annotations: Click the Annotations Inspector button . To display an annotation, double-click it. See Annotate a PDF or Annotate an image.

   • View encryption and permission information in a PDF: Click the Encryption Inspector button . See Password-protect a PDF.

   • View cropping information in a PDF: When using a selection tool, click the Crop Inspector button to view the dimensions of the content you're selecting, then choose a unit of measurement that's displayed in the Crop Inspector window. See Crop or rotate a PDF in Preview on Mac.

   • View information about an image: Click the More Info Inspector button . See See where a photo was taken.

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Zoom in or out

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1. In the Preview app on your Mac, open a PDF or image that you want to view.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Zoom in or out: Choose View > Zoom In or View > Zoom Out. On some trackpads, you can pinch your thumb and index finger closed or open on the trackpad. See Use trackpad and mouse gestures.

   • View the original size of a page or image: Choose View > Actual Size.

   • Zoom to a particular section of a PDF or image: Choose Tools > Rectangular Selection, select the section, then choose View > Zoom to Selection. To see the document at actual size again, choose View > Actual Size.

   • View a page at a specific percentage of its original size: Type a percentage in the Scale field in the toolbar.

     If you don't see the Scale field, choose View > Customize Toolbar, then drag the Scale field to the toolbar.

   • Magnify an area in a PDF or image: Choose Tools > Show Magnifier, then move the pointer over the area you want to magnify. To stop magnifying, choose Tools > Hide Magnifier or press the Esc key.

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