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Annotating PDF files on a Mac

To annotate a PDF file, most computer users need to buy Adobe Acrobat Professional (which costs about $500). But if you are on a Mac, you may not realize that you can annotate PDF files for free using Preview. When you are looking at a PDF file on the Mac in Preview, go to the Tools section of the menu bar and select the Annotate option. It should look like this...



Using these commands, you can add notes, links, and shapes to the PDF document to mark it up. And don't worry about others being able to read the changes, they can. When you annotate a PDF file in Preview and save your changes, they can be read by other Mac users as well as by users using Adobe Acrobat on a PC. Apple doesn't really tout this feature much, but if this is great functionality to have for free when compared to most PC users.
Rating: 100% positive, 4 total Votes
Categories: Mac PDF editors preview Adobe
Added: on Apr 04, 2008 at 11:09 am
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very useful tip, cheers
– Added by an anonymous user on May 20, 2008 at 9:59 am
Altho, could tell how to remove the note >.<
– Added by an anonymous user on May 20, 2008 at 10:01 am
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