12 Things You May Not Know You Can Do With PDF Files In Mac Preview 

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1. 0:33 Fill in Forms 2. 1:20 Fill in Unfillable Forms 3. 1:54 Bake in Fields and Annotations 4. 2:38 Add Highlights and Notes 5. 3:35 Delete Pages 6. 4:05 Rearrange Pages 7. 4:21 Merge Documents 8. 4:59 Crop 9. 5:33 Blank Out Areas 10. 6:02 Password-Protected Documents 11. 6:54 Convert PDF's to Images 12. 7:40 Slideshow View

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I didn’t know we can do so much! Thank you so much for these great tips here and in all your other videos. Really, really helpful!

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Excellent tutorials! Thanks so much!

Wow! I never knew I could use Preview that way. Thank you for enlightening me.

Thanks again Gary for another great video that taught me how to fill out a form in Preview. You're the best.

Wow, I didn't realize Preview is so powerful. Now I don't need a 3rd party app to handle pdf files. Thank very much for sharing!

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Thank you! I probably discovered all these types by accident over the years...but promptly forgot them, so this was very helpful. I think Preview is the most under rated Mac app there is!

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Thanks Gary! This is an old video which I just came across. Very useful. Actually I had no idea of any of the things you tell in this.

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Gary, you are great and from now on I shall open pdf only in preview 😊

Super useful!

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Great help, this guy is very good at training fantastic presentations. Thank you

Excellent!

Super helpful!

Outstanding video, Gary! Quick question...I need to save email messages for my client files. Is there a way to add those to a file created in Preview? Thanks!

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Hi Gary, I'm Gary. I appreciate the help sir, thanks

Thanks Gary. I remembered that I saw this video. I had to fill out a PDF-form, so I searched for your video.

Great video as always ! Still no OCR in Preview though ?

Hi Gary, great video as usual. I have a question is it possible to add a business stamp or card to a PDF using preview or Markup?

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I’ve been using MacBook this whole time, I did not know this until now! 謝謝你

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Awesome.

How do I match text on a document? Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽 You made it easy to follow

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Great video, I wonder if it would be possible to do table of contents in this programme. Thanks.

Informative and to the point. I knew almost all of them but still nice to learn some more. But I think you forgot the "wow"-thing you can do. The ability to use your Mac camera to add your signature to Preview and then fill in your signature in your pdf. Now THAT is a tutorial that will drive traffic to your channel.🙂

VH >> Very Helpful !!!!

You can also drag pages out of the sidebar onto your desktop or a folder.

Thanks again. Is there a way to create a mirror image with Preview? I need mirror image for making labels.

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Thank so much for this info. Can you suggest pdf that can create? Newbie to Mac.

Super helpful thank you! :) Can you tell me please, how do we open PDF layers on a mac? I have tried in the Preview app as well as the PDF Reader app. I am unable to see the layers button to view in this format. Thanks!

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Hello, I love your channel and I hope you can help me. I created an interactive PDF file with buttons and text fields, I also need for my client to upload images and photos to this PDF file, so it's re-usable as a template. Is there any program or option on MAC to add images to a PDF file? Thank you in advance!

Great information, Gary. I want to have my pdf letter, about 50 pages, read out loud by, ah, "someone" else, while the letter scrolls along at the same time, while I'm live and seen by the viewer in a small window too, reacting to the scrolling, speaking letter. Can this be done, Gary? If so, how? Thanks.

How can you add page numbers in Preview? Thanks a lot for your videos, Gary!

Thanks for the info. Is there any way to create a Table of Contents in Preview 10?

I need to add a footer or watermark on every page of a long document, like 500 pp. Any quick way to do this with Preview?

I have a weird problem with Preview/Screenshot on my Mac that seems to have developed in the last few weeks. I normally take a screenshot of my RU-vid vids to use on RU-vid. I use preview to add text to them. My problem is now when I set the text to 200 pt size the text comes out quite small whereas before it used to be huge when set at 200 pt. I've literally formatted my MacBook Pro as thought I might have installed some software that corrupted it but it's still the same. The text size thing works fine (huge text on size 200) when I download an image or use one I've taken on my phone so maybe it's something in screenshot that has changed? Has anyone else noticed this or could you test yours to see if it does the same as it's driving me nuts!

How do I convert PDF images to JPG hassle free, and manage file size for email upload without ruining resolution? And visa versa?

Hi Im designing an album cover in preview, how do I safe work so that I can open it up later and make changes, every time i safe then bring it back up again, all the images are baked in meaning I cant change or move them around, is there a way to do this or should i just transfer everything to an expensive graphic software?

Great Video, We work with PDF Blueprint on a Daily. We tend to have to Separate and rename each page for other softwares. Is there a way to Rename each page. with still seeing the bottom half of the Page so we know the name.

Hi, how to open the new pdf in new tab but not new window? I try it few times in preferences, but still can’t change it.

Thanks Gary. How to disable edit on a pdf? Not locking it by a password, so that you can send it to others, they can view it but they can’t edit it.

Hi,, how do I copy only highlighted or underlined text from preview to another document? so I can only see the highlighted sections in one document? this is possible in adobe but I'm not sure how it works on preview.

Thanx,,,, I was going to purchase the Adobe PDF Readers For Mac, now I don't need it....

Preview slide show shows two pages at a time. Is there any setting to see only one page at time in slide show mode?

a question: is it possible yo duplicate an object around a circle in apple Pro APPs? like we could do in illustrator. Thanks, Gary, for the hard work.

good stuff Gary. 1 ?, can you open up a a document that's only in Preview back into "Pages"?

Do you have video for Preview that shows how to print a book? Like: duplex, 2 pages each side, pages in order. Thanks, Steve-

If it had OCR, it would be perfect.

Am I able to create a shortcut for a hyperlink and add to my text box note over a pdf.?

Is there a way to add bates numbers to pdf documents using Preview, without the use of 3rd party software?

Great video, thank you very much! When I want to copy a link to pages, for example RU-vid, it doesn't allows me to copy the link, it copies the image of the video . How can I copy the link in pages ... it allows me to do it innNotes but not pages, txs!!

Only on Mac, or can this also work on iPad/iPhones??

How can I change the text that is already written inside a PDF?

is there a way to select multiple pdfs in finder and press a button and have them all open simultaneously in multiple tabs instead of individual preview windows?

Do you know of any way to copy part of a page and drag it to another page? I run into this situation all of the time where I want to drag a logo from one corner to another or swap photos. Not sure why Preview makes this difficult. Do you have a tutorial on this topic?

Hey, i try to reduce dimensions on «mac preview and THERE is no Button on how to do ? Many thanks for all your interesting vidéos !!!! I’m french

Hey when I select two pages in preview it doesn't give me the facing pages like you get. any idea? cheers

The Mac display is based on PDF so a lot of functionality is built right into the system.

Excellent tips, thanks a lot. One more thing I need to know is "How to add page numbers to PDF files with Mac?" Can anyone please help me? I prefer not to use a third party app. 🙏