Nov 11, '03 10:34:00AM • Contributed by: Morgoth
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10.3: Use Preview to crop full-quality segments from PDFs
Nov 11, '03 10:34:00AM • Contributed by: Morgoth
The new Preview.app allows you to select a region of a given PDF or image for cropping or copying. If you select a segment of a PDF and copy it, you can then select File -> New From Clipboard (Command-N). This results in a full-quality PDF of the region you selected. This is very useful for citing diagrams from PDF documents without sacrificing quality. I use OmniGraffle to polish all my documents, and it allows you to include PDFs in your document at full quality. It even allows you to scale and rotate them without sacrificing print resolution.
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10.3: Use Preview to crop full-quality segments from PDFs
Any workarounds for locked documents? Some government employee locked a public document and I can't copy it. To use the paragraph I wanted I had to use a screen capture. Doc is here http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/843/files/policies.pdf
10.3: Or try GKON
The indispensable GraphicConverter from Lemkesoft is able to open PDFs as well and can be used to crop parts of documents.
This feature is available in Versions 4.5 or higher.
HTH, Gokubi
10.3: Or try GKON
doesn't GraphicConvert render the PDF to a bitmap though?
10.3: Or try GKON
It seems so. But by doing it this way, GKON doesn't care for the rights of a PDF. Sometimes this might be the only chance to get something out of a PDF.
10.3: Use Preview to crop full-quality segments from PDFs
The obvious workaround for a locked document is
10.3: Use Preview to crop full-quality segments from PDFs
I didn't see how this was done until I found that you have to change from the "text" tool to the "select" tool under the Tools menu. And it doesn't appear to work with locked documents, and I don't suppose there's an easy way around that.
10.3: Use Preview to crop full-quality segments from PDFs
The cropped PDFs are not full quality if you have a high-res raster graphic in the PDF. In my experience such graphics get dropped to screen resolution.
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