Tag: pdf
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Help – my pdf file is printing a blank page.
If you get a protected pdf file, it’s possible that ‘printing’ is turned off. If you try to print this page the printer will print our a blank page with no error! If you have the password to the document you can turn printing back on. This can happen if a bank or other institution…
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How to merge 2 pdf files in Apple OS 11 Big Sur using Preview
Merging pdf files in Big Sur is the easiest it’s ever been. You just need to be in thumbnail view and drag one pdf fiel into the other one, save, and they will merge. Double click any pdf file. (It will open on Preview) Select View Thumbnails in the sidebar. Drag any other pdf file…
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How to merge 2 pdf files in MacOS Big Sur
It’s very easy to merge 2 pdf documents or move single pdf pages from 1 pdf document into another with Big Sur. It’s built into the free Apple PDF reader called ‘Preview’. There are some small bugs in the interface, but it works. Here’s how to merge pdf documents in macOS Big Sur.
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How to sign a PDF document in OS X.
In this document I write about how to edit a PDF file using the built-in OS X preview app. But sometimes you need to add your signature to a PDF document. Well here is some good news – you can also sign a document right from within the preview app. Thanks to Bryson who pointed…
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How to merge 2 pdf files in OS X 10.14 Mojave
In OS X Apple have again changed the way that 2 pdf files merge in the free OSX Preview App. To Merge 2 pdf files in OS X Mojave you need to drag the thumbnails of one pdf file into the thumbnail view of the second pdf file. You can’t drag a pdf file directly…
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How to add items to or remove items from the PDF print menu in OS X
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How to add ‘Booklet’ to the OS X Print menu
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How to merge a PDF document with High Sierra OS X 10.13
As I mentioned in this post Apple regularly change the way to merge a PDF document. Yet again it’s changed with High Sierra – for the better. Now when you drag a pdf onto the thumbnail window of an existing pdf the two documents will ALWAYS merge. This make it easier than ever to merge…
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How to edit a pdf document in OS X
How to edit a pdf file using the free built in ‘Preview’ app that comes with OS X.
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How to merge and edit PDF documents in macOS Sierra
Apple’s built in pdf reader app called ‘Preview’ can merge 2 PDF files and edit PDF files. In macOS Sierra 10.12 all you need to do is drag the thumbnails that you want to merge from one PDF document to the other and then save the document. Read on for some screenshots of what this…
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How to bulk print pdf files in alphabetical order
This might be a bit obscure, but if you ever need to do it then this will save you a lot of time! Today I had 33 separate pdf files that I wanted to print out. I wanted them all printed out in alphabetical order. It took me 3 attempts. Here is how to get them to open…
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Create Booklet and OS X El Capitan
There’s a newer article about printing booklets here. Some people have reported that the create booklet PDF action that I wrote about here does not work with El Capitan. I can verify that it does work perfectly with El Capitan. If it’s not working after the upgrade to El Capitan you should try reinstalling it and then restarting your…
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Merge pdf files in OSX 10.11 El Capitan
Apple have retained the ability to merge two PDF files with the built in ‘preview’ app in OSX El Capitan. As with previous versions of OS X, there are 3 different ways that you can do this. 1. You can merge them into 1 document in Preview as you are opening them. 2. You can open them…
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How to print across multiple pages or make a banner in OSX
You may remember back in the day of Macintosh SE, System 6, ImageWriter, Claris Works and so on that you could print across several pages on a Macintosh and easily make a banner. That beautiful feature has been completely missing since OS X was introduced in 2001. There is a way to print across multiple pages.…
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How to merge two pdf files in OS X Yosemite
OS X has a built in application that lets you open and read pdf files. It is called Preview. If you click on a pdf file it will automatically open in Preview. Thankfully with OS X Yosemite (OSX 10.10) it’s really easily merge 2 pdf files with the built in OS X Preview app. From within preview you…
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How to print two separate PDF files back to back
Quite often I receive a document to print double sided but I receive it as two single PDF files. Other times I have two documents that came from two different applications (for example one from pages and one from numbers) and I want to print them back-to-back on one piece of paper using my double…
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How to combine multiple pdf files with OS X Mavericks 10.9
With every release of OS X Apple seems to slightly change the way to merge two pdf documents. I’ve previously written on how to merge 2 pdf files in Mountain Lion (10.8) and how to merge two pdf files in Lion or earlier. Here’s how to do it in OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
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Make your own keyboard shortcuts
Here’s how to customise your own Keyboard shortcuts for any OSX application menus.
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How to Share a Pages file with a Windows user.
Here’s how to share a pages document with a PC user.
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How to find things with Spotlight
Spotlight has been round for years but if you’re like me you may not be using it as well as you can. Here’s an example of a recent search I did that might help you learn some features of spotlight.
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How to open a Microsoft publisher file on your Macintosh
Microsoft publisher has been around for a long time but it has never been able to run on Apple computers. If you’re like me you probably have friends who have Microsoft publisher files they occasionally email you. Sadly there is no way to open a Microsoft publisher file on a Mac, until now…
