Q: Sometimes when I print a PDF to non-standard page sizes (such as A3), it shows well in the print preview but it only prints on a small portion of the paper or it is cutoff. A: The issue is the following: On some Mac OS X, using PDF Studio, users can not print documents on a different paper […]
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Blank pages when printing on Mac OS
Q: When I try to print a PDF document on Mac OS, the paper just comes out blank. Is there anyway that I can fix this issue? Update: This issue was fixed in PDF Studio 10.2.0 (Released Sept 22 1015). A: This issue is caused by a specific image compression type called CCITT that is used by […]
PDF Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
General Shortcuts Action Windows/Linux Mac New Document Ctrl + N ⌘ + N Open Ctrl + O ⌘ + O Save Ctrl + S ⌘ + S Save as Ctrl + Shift + S ⌘ + Shift + S Close Ctrl + W ⌘ + W Revert/Reload Ctrl + Shift + G ⌘ + Shift […]
How to download PDF Studio 32 bit for the Mac
*** Update: Our 32bit installer for the mac has been discontinued. **** As of PDF Studio 10, on the Mac, the 64bit installer is our recommended installer. It comes packaged with Java 7 64bit. The 32bit installer which was our recommended installer up till PDF Studio 9 is no longer recommended because it requires Java […]
How to resolve Java SE 6 runtime message on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite & 10.11 El Capitan
This article explains how to install Java 6 32bit on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite. Java 6 32bit is required when using the 32bit installer for PDF Studio – a powerful, low cost Adobe® Acrobat® alternative for Mac OSX. Note that the 32bit installer is no longer the recommended installer. The new recommended installer for PDF […]
Mac Preview text highlights / markups not being displayed
Q: If I markup text using Preview on the Mac, the highlighted text does not show up in PDF Studio. What can I do to fix this? A: This problem is actually being caused by Preview. The issue is that Preview is not following the PDF Standards and creates appearance streams in PDF documents incorrectly. In fact, […]
PDF Studio is working well on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Q: Does PDF Studio work on Mac OS X Yosemite? A: Yes, PDF Studio is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, which was officially released in October 2014. We have tested PDF Studio on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and were able to confirm that our PDF editing software works properly on the new OS. […]
Mac Retina Display Support
Q: What is PDF Studio support on Mac OS X with Retina Display high resolution? PDF Studio 10 and Above PDF Studio 10 and above supports Retina Display well. Contact us if you experience any issue running PDF Studio with Retina screens. PDF Studio 9 PDF Studio supports Retina Display quite well: rendering is […]
Permissions Denied Error Message on Mac
Q: I am getting a “Permission Denied” error when I try to enter the license key in PDF Studio. How can I activate my copy? A: To be able to save the license key and user settings and preferences, PDF Studio needs to save files under your user home directory. The user home directory is […]
Text Highlights Printing Problem on Mac
UPDATE: In PDF Studio 9 we added a temporary workaround to allow printing of the highlights from PDF Studio. We have set the highlights using an Alpha composite during printing which will allow the highlight to be transparent. This makes it so the text can still be seen but it will just not be as […]
