Include notes in a printout from Preview
01/30/2012
In Preview, to include notes in a printout, choose View> Show Notes, and then choose File> Print.
View pages side by side in Preview
01/13/2012
In Preview, when viewing a multi-page PDF on a Mac with a widescreen display, choose View> Two Pages to view pages side by side.
Browse a PDF document by its annotations in Preview
01/04/2012
In Preview, to browse a PDF document by its annotations, choose Tools> Show Inspector, click the Annotations Inspector then double-click an annotation to display it.
Add a cartoon speech bubble to a PDF or image in Preview
11/01/2011
In Preview, to add a cartoon speech bubble to a PDF or image, choose Tools> Annotate> Add Speech Bubble, then drag over the region where you want the bubble to appear.
Always return to the last page viewed in a PDF document in Preview
10/22/2011
In Preview, to always return to the last page viewed in a PDF document, do Preview> Preferences, then click PDF and select "Start on the last viewed page”.
View all documents in their original size in Preview
10/13/2011
In Preview, to view all documents open in the sidebar in their original size, press Option and choose View> Actual Size on All.
Mail an image from Preview
10/03/2011
When viewing an image in Preview, to attach the image to a new outgoing email message in Mail, choose File> Mail Selected Image.
Zoom in or out using the Magnifier tool in Preview
09/19/2011
In Preview on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad, when using the Magnifier tool to magnify an image or PDF, pinch open or closed to zoom in or zoom out.
Jump to the next or previous page in a PDF in Preview
09/12/2011
When viewing a PDF document in Preview on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad, swipe left or right with two fingers to jump to the next or previous page.
Assign keywords to images and PDF documents in Preview
08/28/2011
In Preview, to assign keywords to images and PDF documents, which can be searched for using Spotlight, do Tools> Show Inspector, then click the Keywords Inspector and click the Add button.
Adjust the magnification level of all documents in Preview
08/18/2011
In Preview, to adjust the magnification level of all documents open in the sidebar at once, hold Option then choose a Zoom option from the View menu.
Magnify an area in an image or PDF document in Preview
07/23/2011
In Preview, to magnify an area in an image or PDF document, do Tools> Show Magnifier.
Display a slideshow of all pages in a PDF document in Preview
07/16/2011
In Preview, to display a full-screen slideshow of all pages in a PDF document, open the PDF and do View> Slideshow.
Zoom in or out of a document in Preview
06/24/2011
In Preview, when viewing an image or PDF on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad, pinch open or closed to zoom in or out.
Automatically resize an image or PDF in Preview
06/12/2011
In Preview, to automatically resize an image or PDF so it fits in its window when the window is resized, do View> Automatically Resize.
Save a copy of a file opened in Preview
05/07/2011
To save a copy of a file opened in Preview, Control-click any thumbnail in its sidebar and select "Save a Copy to Folder".
Jump to the next or previous page in Preview
05/05/2011
In Preview on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad, do a 3-finger flick up or down in the sidebar of a multi-page document to jump to its next or previous page.
View icon images for any item with Preview
04/30/2011
In the Finder, select any item and do Edit> Copy then, in Preview, do File> New from Clipboard to view the item's 512x512px icon image.
Rotate an image or PDF by 90-degrees in Preview
04/22/2011
In Preview on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad, do a 2-finger rotate over an image or PDF to rotate it in 90-degree increments.
Change the size of the Contact Sheet thumbnails in Preview
03/24/2011
In Preview on a Mac with a Multi-Touch trackpad, pinch over the Contact Sheet window to increase or decrease the size of the thumbnails.
Insert a blank page into a PDF document in Preview
03/10/2011
In Preview, to insert a blank page into a PDF document, for extra space to add annotations or change pagination, do Edit> Insert Blank Page.
Open images at their actual size in Preview
02/21/2011
In Preview, to always open images at their actual size, and not reduced to fit the screen, do Preview> Preferences> Images> Initial image scale: Actual size.
Close a selected document from a single window in Preview
01/21/2011
In Preview, when multiple PDF or image files are open in a single window, press Shift-Command-W to close only the selected one.
Change the icon for a note annotation in Preview
01/10/2011
In Preview, after adding a note annotation to a PDF document, change its icon via Tools> Show Inspector> Annotations inspector> Attributes> Icon.
Quickly collapse or expand PDF thumbnails in the sidebar of Preview
12/14/2010
In Preview, press Command-Option-Right Arrow or Command-Option-Left Arrow to collapse or expand all multi-page PDFs in the selected window's sidebar.
Scroll to the beginning of the next or previous page in Preview
11/07/2010
When viewing a PDF in Preview, press Right Arrow to scroll to the beginning of the next page, or press Left Arrow to scroll to the beginning of the the previous page.
Close a document in Preview and move it to the Trash
10/08/2010
When viewing images or PDFs in Preview, press Command-Delete to close the current document and move its file on your hard drive to the Trash.
View a PDF document as a contact sheet in Preview
09/28/2010
In Preview, to view all page thumbnails of a multi-page PDF document as a contact sheet, do View> Sidebar> Contact Sheet.
Change the default background color in Preview
09/12/2010
In Preview, to change the default gray background color behind images and PDF documents, do Preview> Preferences> General> Window background.
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.
