10 Tips for Using the PDF Menu in the Print Dialog
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- macmost.com/e-2959 There are lots of ways to use the PDF button that is hidden in the Print Dialog of most apps. You can use it to print part of a document or page, export as an image, send directly to Mail and much more.
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00:00 Intro
01:31 1. Skip the Menu
01:53 2. Select Pages and Print Options
02:53 3. Open In Preview First
03:25 4. Open In Preview Then Print
04:09 5. Print an Area
05:42 6. Use Markup Tools
06:03 7. Save As an Image
06:35 8. Print As PDF With Just Your Keyboard
08:31 9. PDF To Mail
08:56 10. Create Your Own Destinations
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You have a knack for exposing my ignorance - Thank You.😁
You always produce great videos, Gary, but *this* video had more useful tips than any hundred videos on other channels! Thanks a million!
The quality of the content is amazing
I've used the "Print to PDF" function for years, but now have a bunch more tricks to use. Thanks Gary.
Same!
Gary, this was FANTASTIC!!! I don't know how you do it. You know this stuff SO well. This one is definitely going into the archives, because I like that Automater idea - and - also would love to set up a stream deck shortcut to get that functionality onto a button. I will need to watch this again to get the specifics, but everything I need is there, and I am looking forward to it. Another hit out of the park!
I just switched to Mac. Your tutorials are great.
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! As always thanks for the visuals! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
Now... This is something! Thank you so much.
Hi Gary! Thank you thank you thank you for all your great info!
Life changing tips. Thanks!!!
Wow!
Wow!
Didn’t even know I need to use these PDF possibilities until now.
I thought I’m too old to learn all this Mac stuff.
Gary, man, you’re awesome!
Thanks!
Super useful! Thanks!
Thank you Gary for today's wonderful tutorial. I learned a lot, and yet my favorite use of this valuable tool remains "Print>Open in Preview". This allows me to expand the as-yet-unprinted document and examine every aspect in full screen and even beyond full screen for a detailed preview. This has really saved me on numerous occasions, prior to sending off an email with the document, allowing me to catch any embarrassing mistakes I might otherwise incorporate into the document. Keep up the great work! Your videos are the reason you are the only TH-camr I support on Patreon, and I urge anyone who benefits from your tutorials to do the same because your presentations are, indeed, valuable! 🤩
First time using Automator. Thank you!
What a great tutorial! Thank you so much!
Fantastic tips. Thanks.
Wow Gary… you are awesome!! 👍👍 Wish I could remember 1/10th of what you demonstrated here 😂🤣
Tour de force!!!!! Many thanks.
Thanks, Gary. As always, there's something to learn from every video that you post ... much appreciated. 🙇♀
Amazing….as usual!!😮
Wow! I just learned a lot! 👍🏻
I so appreciate your tutorials on use of Pages functions. A big Thank you! 😊
This video is super valuable to me! Thank you so much!
Thanks very much , Gary, for this extremely informative and useful video! Some brilliant tips here.
Absolutely fascinating. Time for me to have a play and try out the options.
Wow - this is such an informative video. It gives me a lot of ideas to work with... Thanks Gary!
Gary, wonderful tutorial. Using your tip here with Automator I could create a print and save to a specific folder. Quite easily too. Thanks.
I always incorporate graft or chart I made into a graphic works I do but I screenshot the chart for example and pasted it on the graphic artwork. I never thought that by opening it in Preview, I can actually crop it nicely without losing details. Great tip Gary. Really appreciate it.
many times i need to print a specific numbers spreadsheet area. i will try this. ty g
Thanks bunches
God you’re good, many thanks.
Hi, thank you so much for your content!!
Is there a way to right-click using only the keyboard ( no track pad or mouse)
Many thanks
No. A right click is still a click and it has to be at a position on the screen. So it is a function of the pointing device, not the keyboard.
Thank you for this very informative video.
At 1:40 to 1:50 the option for just clicking on the PDF button is mentioned. However, on my MBP with macOS Big Sur 11.7.7 the arrow is colored blue and when clicking on the PDF button the menu opens - so no shortcut appears as in the video. Maybe this PDF button function is only available in macOS versions after macOS 11?
Yes, you are using an older version of macOS so things will be different.
This is useful, thanks If I have things I'd like to know how can I get these topics to you?
For questions, use macmost.com/ask but be sure to search my site or channel first to see if I have already covered it.
I find that to add locations to the PDF menu I can click the + and navigate to a folder and click the choose button and that location is added to the menu. No Automator action needed.
In that case you get e.g. "Desktop" instead of "Save to Desktop". But anyways, the trick is done.
Thanks Gary. The problem I always have with creating pdfs is they wind up being too big- often many times the size of the original file. Is there a way around this?
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Please, how to detect repeated words on Pages???
I'll need more detail to help. What are you trying to do exactly?
any way to convert pdf to numbers without using google
Depends on the content in the PDF. You can just copy from the PDF and paste into a Numbers table in some cases.
For the Print to PDF function using keyboard only, I just press Cmd P, then Cmd P again.
That doesn't work. At least not without some other app helping you.
@@macmost I can't remember now how it does it, but I'm sure it was a tip from one of your videos.
@@macmost Found it… go to Settings->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts->App Shortcuts, then allocate the shortcut Cmd+P to [Save as PDF…] and also [Save as PDF].
@@duncandavies1966 Interesting. That shouldn't work, but some Apple engineer must have built in some special code. It doesn't work for Open in Preview also in that menu, but it does for Save as Postscript...
You can also create a keyboard shortcut for "Save as PDF...". I use ⌘P. Then I just hit ⌘P twice when I want to generate a PDF.
Yes, as long as that is a menu option offered by the app and it does what you want. Often File, Print does more (like scaling and page selection, etc).
@@macmost This doesn't rely on the app having any PDF support. It adds the keyboard shortcut to the Print dialog, not the app menu. I learned this tip from David Sparks (aka MacSparky) years ago and have been using it ever since. p.s. Thanks for another great video, Gary!