On Mar 9, 2011, at 12:03, <elwood...@web.de> <elwood...@web.de> wrote:

> 
> Thanks Christiaan for your help.
> 
> So the only way to "really" crop the file would be to export the images,
> crop them externally, create a new pdf and redo the OCR. :-(
> 
> Could there be a way to "exchange" an image embedded in a pdf?
> 
> Martin
> 

Certainly not in Skim, you'd need a PDF editor like Acrobat Pro to change a PDF.

Christiaan

>> Von: Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>
>> Antworten an: For general discussion about using Skim
>> <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Datum: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:43:47 +0100
>> An: For general discussion about using Skim
>> <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Betreff: Re: [Skim-app-users] Crop pdf permanently to reduce file space?
>> 
>>> 
>>> But could there be a way to do that without (manually) exporting the image
>>> to an external file, cropping there and importing it at the "same" position
>>> in the cropbox, so that there is no offset regarding the OCR layer?
>>> 
>> 
>> No.
>> 
>>> Most of those pdfs do not contain Skim notes yet.
>>> If they do, I understand that cropping them without Skim knowing about it
>>> creates a problem, because the notes seem to be placed with x/y coordinates
>>> referring to the original page size.
>>> 
>> 
>> That's correct.
>> 
>>> @Jeff:
>>> I tried that (printing to a pdf), and
>>> yes, then I can't display the original whole pages in Skim or Preview any
>>> more (by selecting media frame)
>>> but no, the file size did not change at all. :-(
> 
>> 
>> That's doing the same as saving with a crop, except that it also changes the
>> media box.
>> 
>> Christiaan
>> 
>> -
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