The only idea seems to be to write to Apple Accessibility and hope that the'll change it soon.
Jürgen Am 06.08.2012 um 05:25 schrieb Dan Roy <[email protected]>: > Esther: > > Thanks vary much for this resource, it's most appreciated. It does > definitely have more options. > > unfortunately, it didn't eliminate the 1 big problem I am having with Preview. > > After interacting with the text and then trying to read through the file, I > am getting words that appear to be split by either a space or a hard return. > > So, the word review might come out as re view. This happens all the time and > is quite annoying. I have played with all the viewing options and can't seem > to eliminate this issue. It seems like it first reared up in Lion and has > continued in the mountain version. if you or anyone else has any ideas on > this, I would appreciate some help if possible, thanks. > > > On Aug 5, 2012, at 12:16 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> Skim has been referred to as "Preview on steroids". It's free and open >> source with a creative commons license, and gets frequent updates. You can >> download the latest version from Source Forge: >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/files/ >> I don't know that there are any "cons" about using Skim, except that since >> it has a lot of options, there's more to navigate in the basic distribution, >> and it has more features than you will use. The quick description is that >> it is laid out very much like Preview, but supports annotation, so there is >> a second sidebar for notes. Because it uses the same base as Preview, any >> limitations that you find when reading PDFs in Preview will show up in Skim. >> So, for example, bookmarks take you back to the page you were reading but >> not to the exact spot in the page (unless you set hotspots). On the other >> hand, there are expanded features, such as being able to organize your >> bookmarks into folders. >> >> One situation where someone might clearly want to use Skim over Preview, is >> if they were reviewing a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation that was >> exported to PDF. These don't play nicely with Preview, even using Full >> Screen mode. But Skim has an additional "Presentation mode" for viewing, >> and you can easily display presentations in this mode, controlling page >> transitions, etc. So this is an easy and accessible way to give a >> text-based presentation or to review notes from the text content of a >> presentation. >> >> I originally started using Skim because it maintained more stable focus >> behavior than Preview in operations like search and find. When there are >> really good Skim features eventually they get adopted and show up in later >> versions of Preview. >> >> By the way, since Skim is supported as an open source effort at Source Forge >> and is freely available there and not through the Mac App Store, there's a >> Skim rip-off being sold in the Mac App Store as "PDF Reader". It's based on >> an old version of Skim, and I'm rather surprised that Apple hasn't pulled >> this, since there's no support, and the distributor is just profiting from >> the (old version) open source efforts of Skim. Since a number of Mac users >> follow Skim, and it's highly rated at various download sites like MacUpdate, >> a few people bought the version in the App Store when it showed up thinking >> that it was put out by the people who work on Skim. It's not, and you'll >> just be paying for an unsupported, old version. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:28 PM, chris hallsworth wrote: >> >>> The subject says it all. What are the pros and cons please. Thanks! >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 2:43 AM >>> Subject: Re: merging several PDF files into one. >>> >>> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> It's actually possible to merge PDF files with Preview if you can drag and >>> drop to the thumbnails in the sidebar, but I don't think this works with >>> VoiceOver drag and drop -- at the very least it would be difficult. If you >>> have Skim downloaded there's an embedded SkimPDF command line tool that >>> lets you perform operations like merging and extracting PDF files in >>> Terminal. >>> >>> If you look under: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/ there >>> are three applications: displayline, skimnotes, and skimpdf. You need to >>> copy skimpdf to somewhere in your default path with executable permission >>> using your Admin password. >>> >>> Open Terminal and type or paste in: >>> sudo cp -p /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/skimpdf /usr/bin/ >>> >>> and press "Return". You'll be prompted to authorize with your Admin >>> password. The "cp -p" does the copy preserving permissions so you can >>> execute the commands. >>> >>> Then to merge two pdf files from the command line you can type: >>> skimpdf merge file1.pdf file2.pdf merged.pdf >>> >>> The specification of an output file like "merged.pdf" is optional. I >>> think if you don't specify an output file, the second file just gets >>> appended to the first, but you should experiment. You can also find out >>> the syntax of commands by typing: >>> skimpdf help >>> >>> For more information, take a look at the SourceForge wiki for Skim: >>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=Main_Page >>> >>> Then use the link for the "SkimPDF Command Line Tool" to find out more. >>> There's also a specific SourceForge wiki for the SkimPDF command line tool: >>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=SkimPDF_Tool >>> >>> There are probably other sources of merge tools around the web, but this >>> works if you already have Skim anyway, and are comfortable with the >>> Terminal command line. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: >>> >>>> okay, so here's the deal. >>>> >>>> I was e-mailed five pDF files today. basically, to make a long story >>>> short, it is an owners manual. I am not sure why he did it this way, >>>> however each page of the manual is a separate PDF file. Granted, the >>>> manual is only five pages long, so it's nothing really to write home >>>> about, I am curious however, if there is a program that I could use, that >>>> would allow me to take all five of these PDF files and basically merge >>>> them into one file. that would make my life so much easier! don't get me >>>> wrong, I have no problem viewing each page separately, but it's going to >>>> be a pain in the neck trying to view each page separately. >>>> >>>> yes, I definitely do you use Docuscan Plus, but I do not believe that that >>>> will do the trick. >>>> >>>> I also know almost beyond a doubt that preview will not do the trick >>>> either. Someone correct me should I be wrong. >>>> >>>> I almost wonder if Pages would be able to do the trick. I do have a copy >>>> of iWork 2009. >>>> >>>> thank you for any help, and all suggestions. >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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