[muglo] Re: Editing PDFs using Preview

Thanks Eric ... This is good information and not easily gleened from manuals.

Regards, Ian
> 
> From: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2006/01/06 Fri AM 08:51:43 EST
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,  Mac Canada <mac-canada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [muglo] Editing PDFs using Preview
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I just discovered that it's possible to "edit" (in a simple manner)
> PDFs using Apple's Preview app (in OS X 10.4 at least).
> 
> Using the "annotation" tool (the text box), it's possible to add your
> own text or ovals to a PDF, OR to blank out certain areas (using the
> text box).
> 
> I wanted to hide a particular area on a PDF that I was going to use
> (easier than photocopying when you don't have immediate access to a
> photocopier but do have a printer ;-).
> 
> 1. I selected the text annotation tool (it's a pencil icon... can also
> be selected from the Tools menu as Annotate Tool (select "Text" from
> the sub menu)).
> 
> 2. Drew a box over the area I wanted to hide.
> 
> 3. Double-clicked on it to edit the text, deleted the text.
> 
> 4. Used Tools:Show Colors (command-shift-C) to select the colour palette.
> 
> 5. Selected white.
> 
> 6. Saved the document (important step! Without it the change doesn't
> print). NOTE: saving the document OVERWRITES the original,
> irretrievably. Make sure you work with a copy and not the original!!!
> 
> 7. Then I printed, and, voila, the area was hidden. No outline box either :=
> -).
> 
> Eric.
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