Preview - PDF - Snow Leopard - Text box

hbp

Hey, so I'm adding text boxes using the annotate feature to my PDF lectures, but after saving and reopening the text is no longer visible...

If I double click where the text is supposed to be, I can re-edit and see the text. Anyone know what's up?

jwootton

At first I thought that might have had something to do with layers, but I don't think preview has layers. The only other thing i can think of is that maybe your text colour is matching your background.

I'll be interested to know if you found the culprit.

gordguide

Are you trying to create a PDF with form fields? Or are you trying to edit a pdf with notes you can embed (and view later) in the PDF?

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hbp

Edit and view later. Mainly for taking notes on lecture slides in class.

I can use the annotate "note" feature, which basically brings up a side panel where the notes are, but having a textbox in the specific locations is much more handy.

By the way, it also removes arrows, circles, and that sort of thing.

gordguide

Preview is really a pdf display app; it's not a full featured pdf editing/creating app. For that you need the Adobe apps (which cost money).

But, I seem to recall that if you play with the Save As: a bit, you can embed your changes. It might require changing from a vector-based text format (like pdf) to a graphics format; I don't remember exactly how I did it the one time. I may have used PhotoShop to add the text boxes.

Maybe try File: Print: Save As; PDF to see if you can embed it that way via Preview. Your original won't be changed by creating the second PDF via the Print command.

I can't test as I'm not on my own system right now.

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"Being an artist doesn't take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life, it is also bringing you closer to death. But it's no big deal. They are one and the same and cannot be avoided or denied. So when I totally embrace this process, this life/death, and abandon myself to it, I transcend all this gibberish and hang out with the gods. It seems to me that that is worth the price of admission." —Hubert Selby, Jr.