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Pos ted on September 4, 2009 by Duff Johns on in T alking PDF

I ju st in st a lled A pples la t est Sn ow Leopa r d oper a t in g sy st em (OS X 1 0 .6 ), a n d h ea ded st r a ig h t for t h e u pda t ed Pr ev iew u t ilit y , w h ich n ow cla im s t h e a bilit y t o a n n ot a t e PDFs, a k ey fea t u r e of A dobes fla g sh ip A cr oba t soft w a r e. I open ed a PDF in t o Pr ev iew , t a pped t h e n ew A n n ot a t e bu t t on , a n d w a s r ew a r ded by a slig h t sh r in k in g of t h e v isible pa g e. Gla n cin g dow n , I n ot iced a t in y r ow of bu t t on s n ow lu r k in g a t t h e bot t om of t h e Pr ev iew w in dow . Som e of t h e bu t t on s a dd a n n ot a t ion s. Ot h er s m odify select ed a n n ot a t ion s. It s n ea t ly don e, bu t a bit t oo su bt le, a n d h ea v y on m ou se-t r a v el. T h e a bilit y t o a n n ot a t e PDFs is obv iou sly a g r ea t idea , bu t in t h e la t est Pr ev iew , t h e im plem en t a t ion isn t a ll it cou ld be. Pr ev iew s a n n ot a t ion s oft en look qu it e differ en t com pa r ed t o A dobes a n n ot a t ion s, a n d n ot in a g ood w a y . Pa r t of w h a t u ser s ex pect fr om PDF is t h e qu a lit y of sa m en ess, w h er ev er t h e file is v iew ed or pr in t ed. If a n n ot a t ion s differ sig n ifica n t ly fr om A dobes v er sion , t h a t qu a lit y is dim in ish ed. A pple n eeds t o spen d m or e en er g y on im pr ov in g t h eir a n n ot a t ion a ppea r a n ces.

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A la r g er issu e is A pples ch oice of PDF v er sion . Esch ew in g ISO 3 2 0 0 0 , t h e cu r r en t PDF St a n da r d, A pples Pr ev iew ca u ses PDFs t o self-iden t ify a s v er sion 1 .3 , w h ich da t es fr om 2 0 0 0 . T h i s t r a sh es PDF fi l es t h a t depen d u pon fea t u r es a dded si n ce t h e 1.3 v er si on of t h e PDF Refer en ce. Ex a m ple: A ft er a n n ot a t in g a n d sa v in g a dig it a lly -sig n ed PDF u sin g Pr ev iew , I r eopen ed it in A cr oba t . T h e sig n a t u r e h a d v a n ish ed, a lon g w it h t h e dig it a l sig n a t u r e field it self. Not Good. Con clu sion : Pr ev iew is a pr et t y r ou g h h a n dler of PDFs. If y ou ch oose Pr ev iew t o do a n y t h in g ot h er t h a n v iew y ou r PDF files, ju st r em em ber t h a t y ou g et w h a t y ou pa y for . By Duff Johns on A pple, PDF A n n ot a t ion

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