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Embed URL links in PDF documents in Preview
07/11/2010
To embed a URL link in a PDF document opened in Preview, highlight some text then do Tools> Annotate> Add Link then do Link type: URL and type the URL.
Email a PDF document from Preview
06/07/2010
When viewing a PDF document in Preview in Snow Leopard, you can email the file to a colleague via File> Mail Selected PDF Document.
Create bookmarks for image or PDF files in Preview
05/02/2010
In Preview, bookmark image files or individual pages in a PDF file, allowing quick access to them at any time, via Bookmarks> Add Bookmark.
Magnify a specific area of an image or PDF in Preview
04/13/2010
To magnify into specific area of an image or PDF file opened in Preview, lasso the area with the Select tool, then do View> Zoom to Selection.
Reduce the file size of a PDF document in Preview
04/05/2010
To save a PDF document as a smaller sized file, open it in Preview then do a Save As and select the "Reduce File Size" option from the Quartz Filter pop-up menu.
Extract pages from multi-page PDF files in Preview
03/20/2010
In Preview, click and drag a page thumbnail from the sidebar of a multi-page PDF to your desktop, to make that page into its own separate PDF file.
Print specific pages in a multi-page PDF document
02/18/2010
In Preview, to print only certain pages of a PDF file, Command-click each page in Preview’s sidebar and then do File > Print Selected Pages.
Take screen shots directly from within Preview
01/15/2010
In Snow Leopard, take a screen shot directly within Preview (of selection, window or entire screen) via File>Take Screen Shot.
View photo GPS metadata in Preview
01/07/2010
If you open a photo containing GPS metadata in Preview, view its GPS coordinate info via Tools>Show Inspector>More Info>GPS.
