Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Marrathon.com - Dave Marra's Web Site!

Embed URL links in PDF documents in Preview

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you open a photo containing GPS metadata in Preview, view its GPS coordinate info via Tools>Show Inspector>More Info>GPS.