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    Searching of text within multiple files

    Dear friends, I am frequently searching information within three or two or ... ten PDFs and I would be greatly appreciate if you could help me to find an app or a way to perform this type of search more efficiently: in an ideal way I want to a keyword within a search window and the app will find...
  2. yellow8

    PDFZone 2 - rename your PDF files automatically - based on content from predefined zones

    I'm proud to introduce PDFZone 2, a productivity macOS app that allows you to: Automatically rename your PDF files based on their content Automatically extract your PDF files content to useful data (CSV file) Give PDFZone multiple PDFs of the same type, and it will smartly rename them, or...
  3. epetrovski

    PDFs and Preview — why so blurry?

    PDFs opened in the Preview app for Mac OS Mojave (10.14.0) are blurry. It's most visible when looking at text but lines and other graphics are blurry as well and it's worse the more you zoom out. I'm on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014). Being able to render PDFs clearly is just such a...
  4. blackxacto

    Anyone have a Terminal command?

    I want to FORCE Mojave Books to open pdf's in my pdf editor, NOT PREVIEW. I have done the old select a pdf+Apple+I, then designate my editor to open all pdf's. DOES NOT work in Mojave. Anyone know a way?
  5. OMGitsDaYisus

    Universal Draft Shortcut

    Hello there people! I've recently created my very first custom shortcut for iOS devices. The main functionality of this shortcut is to draw a draft of whatever you're thinking and converting it into a .pdf document you can share with other people or save inside your device. The link is down...
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    iPad Creating PDF file from safari

    I have been using the “ create PDF “ function built into IOS 11 to store Safari files in Notes. Any article in Safari that I wish to keep ( eg - IPad hints etc) - I create a PDF and then save it to Apple Notes. Some of these articles are fairly long but Ihave noticed that it is only making a...
  7. A

    pdf links in notes

    I would like to create a Table of Contents for pdf files (stored on my Mac) in notes. any suggestions ? thank you
  8. H

    Sorting PDF into collections on PC

    I know you can sort pdfs unto collections on the ibooks app, but I was wondering if there isn't a way to do that while on the pc (using iTunes for example) I have hundreds of PDF that I would like to put into certain collections before syncing into iTunes. The ideal would be drag and dropping...
  9. w4z

    macOS PDF issues

    This is a general issue and gather all to one thread will be good for next releases. I upgraded to high sierra 10.13.5 from sierra 10.12.6 and immediately returned back to sierra cause of this issue. Im using my 2017 macbook pro w touchbar for home use and work presentations (interior and vector...
  10. Cursed_SX

    Mail to PDF

    Hi There! I know on MacOS you can export a mail to PDF. Is there any way to do it on iPad IOS? Typically important emails, receipts, invoices and so on we export as PDF and save it on our shared Box account from Mac. Is it possible to do this from iPad? Thanks in advance!
  11. Krystian Kozerawski

    Negative for Mac – a simple PDF reader for night owls

    The history of its creation is linked to my own attempts to learn Swift. For more than two years, I had been learning Swift primarily from textbooks by Paul Hudson (Hacking with Swift), Simon Ng (Appcoda) and those published by RayWenderlich. Most of them – especially Hudson’s textbooks – are...
  12. thewhitehart

    Can't save PDFs to iCloud Pages folder

    I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 and the latest version of Pages, 7.0.1. I duplicated a .pages file to make edits and saved it as a new .pages file in the iCloud Pages folder. I then attempted to export it as a PDF, intending to save the PDF in the Pages folder as well. It wouldn't let me...
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    Mac Microsoft Word 2011 - error with docx to pdf saving

    Good day, everyone! I am just wondering if anyone can shine some light on why my Mac Microsoft Word 2011 would not let me save docx to pdf. Word works fine (apart from intermittent crashings) and when I try to save it as pdf, the option is there and it looks like it is saving. There is no...
  14. mpainesyd

    Sydney public transport timetable PDFs crash Preview

    I have pointed out to Transport NSW IT people that the PDF timetables that can be downloaded from their website causes Preview to crash on my two Mac computers. They also display a black screen when I try to view them with an iPad. The helpful (!) response was a list of web browsers that are...
  15. muharremozkan

    PDF Search for iOS : AI-powered search within PDFs

    Hello to Everyone, PDF Search is a PDF reader, making AI-Powered search to find the most relevant pages inside thousands of PDF documents quickly. It will show you the most relevant pages by ranking them using its AI-Powered algorithm. You can find the detailed information on application web...
  16. matusalemmarques

    PDF Metadata Editor

    Hi, everyone! I just released a new version of my PDF Metadata Editor app, with support for batch editing: https://itunes.apple.com/app/pdf-metadata-editor/id1216881848?ls=1&mt=12 As you might have guessed from the name, it's an app that allows you to edit metadata (the hidden information...
  17. matusalemmarques

    New App: PDF Bookshelf

    Hi, everyone! My latest app, PDF Bookshelf, has just gone live on the Mac App Store. PDF Bookshelf was designed to help you keep your PDF collection organized, giving you quick and easy access to your PDF documents. You can learn more about it at...
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    OKI C511DN Printer

    Does anyone have one of these A4 Colour Lasers? I got one in the hope of being able to use it with my Macs but it would *appear* that it can't print from PDFs!!! I wondered if anyone else has one of these and what your experience with it is.
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    Help with a good PDF editor

    Hello, At work today we controll alot of drawings by hand, print out alot of drawings or lists and controll them with green, yellow or red pen. One controll of drawings can be with 100 A4 drawings or 15-20 A3 drawing depends of batch. Does anyone recommand a good PDF editor where its easy to...
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    Best PDF Reader/Editor

    Hi Guys, Quick question, is PDF Expert still considered the best PDF reader / editor? I have some training books in PDF format that I want to read, bookmark, write notes on certain pages, etc. Thank you!