Was going to start a new thread on this, but will just bump yours: annotations has been broken in Preview since the High Sierra update (the older thread here: Re: preview.app pdf annotation bug). Had hoped the 10.13.3 update would have a new preview build, but it seems we've been on 10.0 (944.4) for a while now, and previous versions in High Sierra had the same problem.
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This is an excellent note taking and PDF annotating app to use on your iPad. It is a bit pricy ($9.99) but offers some powerful features. It lets you handwrite and sketch using beautiful ink; you can use zoom-writing to smoothly jot down notes; import PDFs, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides as PDFs; fill out and sign PDF forms; highlight, copy and paste, and search PDF textand many more. Imagine sitting in the university lecture hall. Are you going to use your iPad to email a friend or would it be better to mark up the PDF lecture slides. Wouldn't it be great to catch the key points and to note your ideas directly in your lecture slides? Your Bamboo Fineline is supported by various PDF markup apps.
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My own annoyance with this — in addition to note annotations vanishing — is that every time I open a previously annotated pdf (whether it is highlighted, underlined, etc.), Preview decides the file has just been edited. Since I work with a large number of pdf files with notes and annotations, date modified is a handy way of organizing. Yes, I can tell Preview to revert back to previously saved version ('are you sure?' yes I'm sure), but I then have to close the file very quickly before the app becomes convinced it has just edited it again. And yes, I can use a file property editor to manually change the date modified, but the next time I open the file to read, it will be re-'edited' again.
Oh, also, if you drag a page from one pdf into another pdf — one of Preview's wonderfully handy features over the last years —, the 'alien' page cannot be bookmarked. Try it! It often will bookmark one of the earlier pages in the document instead.
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The work-around I've adopted is re-annotating and then print-saving as a new pdf, which fixes the annotations in stone, as it were (that is, they are no longer seen as annotations but permanent 'fixtures'). Then reinsert my bookmarks from scratch. Then edit file properties to 'real' modification date. Needless to say this is very time-consuming, laborious, and was entirely unnecessary before High Sierra.
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Although you can’t edit the text of a PDF in Preview, you can use the markup tools to provide feedback or write down something you want to remember. The editing tools in the Markup toolbar are ideal for collaborating—use them to suggest changes to a PDF and to respond to suggestions.
- In the Preview app on your Mac, if the Markup toolbar isn’t showing, click the Show Markup Toolbar button .
- Use the tools in the toolbar to mark up the PDF (or use the Touch Bar).ToolDescriptionText SelectionSelect text to copy or delete. See Select and copy text in a PDF.Rectangular SelectionSelect a rectangular area in an image to copy or delete.SketchSketch a shape using a single stroke.If your drawing is recognized as a standard shape, it’s replaced by that shape; to use your drawing instead, choose it from the palette that’s shown.DrawDraw a shape using a single stroke. Press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to draw with a heavier, darker line.This tool appears only on computers with a Force Touch trackpad.ShapesClick a shape, then drag it where you want. To resize the shape, use the blue handles. If it has green handles, use them to alter the shape.You can zoom and highlight shapes using these tools:
- Loupe: Drag the loupe to the area you want to magnify. To increase or decrease the magnification, drag the green handle; drag the blue handle to change the loupe size.
- Highlight : Drag the highlight where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.
See Rotate and modify shapes added to a PDF.TextType your text, then drag the text box where you want.SignIf signatures are listed, click one, then drag it where you want. To resize it, use the blue handles.To create a new signature:- Using your trackpad: Click Trackpad, click the text as prompted, sign your name on the trackpad using your finger, then click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.If your trackpad supports it, press your finger more firmly on the trackpad to sign with a heavier, darker line.
- Using your computer’s built-in camera: Click Camera. Hold your signature (on white paper) facing the camera so that your signature is level with the blue line in the window. When your signature appears in the window, click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.
- Using your iOS or iPadOS device: Click iPhone or iPad. On your iPhone or iPad, sign your name using your finger or Apple Pencil. When your signature appears in the window, click Done. If you don’t like the results, click Clear, then try again.Your devices must meet Continuity system requirements. See the Apple Support article System requirements for Continuity on Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch.
See Fill out a PDF form.NoteType your text. To change the note color, Control-click the note, then choose a color. To move the note to a different location, drag it.See Add notes and speech bubbles to a PDF.Shape StyleChange the thickness and type of lines used in a shape, and add a shadow.Border ColorChange the color of the lines used in a shape.Fill ColorChange the color that’s used inside a shape.Text StyleChange the font or the font style and color.AnnotateAnnotate the item by sketching or drawing on it using your nearby iPhone or iPad. The Annotate tool appears blue when your device is connected; to disconnect your device, click the tool again.Your devices must meet Continuity system requirements. See the Apple Support article System requirements for Continuity on Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch. - When you’re finished, click Done.
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See alsoSelect and copy text in a PDF in Preview on MacFill out and sign PDF forms in Preview on MacAdd, delete, or move PDF pages in Preview on MacCrop or rotate a PDF in Preview on MacAdd effects to a PDF in Preview on MacUse the Touch Bar