Preiview App Mac And Want

Preview offers markup and annotation tools along with features for merging PDF files and signing documents.

Preiview App Mac And Want

So, if youre new to Mac and want to know all about Preview and what you can do with it, read on What you can do with Preview on Mac Heres a summary of our tutorial in case youd like to jump to a specific section: View images and PDF files Convert image file types Fill out forms and sign documents Password-protect a PDF file Merge PDF files Edit and annotate images and PDF files View images and PDF files As we mentioned, Preview is the default viewer for your images and PDFs.

So if you double-click one of those file types on Mac or select it and choose Open, it will open in Preview.

Note: You can change the default viewer for your images and we have you covered with how to do that as well.

Convert image file types You might need to use a specific file type for your image.

Open your image in Preview and then follow these steps.

Click File Export from the menu bar.

Rename your image and choose a new location if you like.

Select the file type in the drop-down box.

You can pick from HEIC, JPEG, JPEG 2000, OpenEXR, PDF, PNG, and TIFF.

Depending on the file type you select, you may have additional options for quality and filter.

Click Save. Fill out forms and sign documents Preview lets you complete and sign PDF forms and documents.

This is super handy with many businesses and companies using PDFs.

Fill out a form To fill out a form, open the PDF in Preview and then do the following.

Click on a line in the form where you need to enter text.

When the text annotation box appears, just type inside of it.

Sign a document To sign a document, you can use one of two methods.

Method one saved or no saved signature 1) Click the Show Markup Toolbar button.

Click the Sign button.

Select a saved signature or click to Create Signature and follow the prompts.

When your signature appears in the annotation box, drag it to the signature spot in the document.

Method two saved signature 1) Click Tools Annotate Signature from the menu bar.

Select a saved signature.

Password-protect a PDF file You may have a PDF document that you want to protect with a password.

Open the file and then follow these steps.

Check the box for Encrypt.

Enter and verify the password youd like to use.

Click Save. Merge PDF files If you have more than one PDF file and would like to merge them together, Preview makes this simple to do.

Merge pages of a PDF 1) Open each PDF file in Preview.

Click View Thumbnails in all Preview windows for the files.

Select a thumbnail in the sidebar and drag it to the sidebar in the other Preview window for the file.

You can reorder the pages in the file by clicking and dragging the thumbnails in the sidebar.

Merge an entire PDF 1) Open one PDF file in Preview.

Click View Thumbnails from the menu bar.

Locate the other PDF file in Finder.

Drag the file from Finder to the sidebar in Preview.

Edit and annotate images and PDF files Preview offers helpful markup tools that allow you to edit and annotate your images and PDF files.

Youll see a variety of different tools which change slightly depending on if you open an image or a PDF file.

You can do things with images like draw, sketch, adjust the color, resize, or rotate.

And with PDF files you can sign, add text, highlight, and underline.

Wrapping it up Preview on Mac is a terrific tool for viewing, editing, and overall, doing more with images and PDFs.

And since its built right in, theres no reason not to give it a try when you need it.

For other New to Mac tutorials, check out how to make Siri work for you and how to use the basics of Finder.

Preiview App For Mac