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, […]

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My Comments & Recent Comments Tool Chest

PDF Studio stores frequently used comments and annotations so that they can be used again later with just a single click. You can also choose to store specific comments and annotations into “My Tool chest” to use at any time. Annotations stored in the tool chest will remember all of the annotations properties such as […]

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Replace Text and Insert Text Caret Annotations

Q: Why doesn’t the text in my PDF change when I use the Replace and Insert text annotations? A: As defined in the PDF specification, these annotations are to be used by reviewers to indicate to the original author of the PDF document any needs to be replaced or inserted. In a typical review cycle, a reviewer will add these […]

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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 […]

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Text highlight blurry in Version 8 with Ubuntu & Mac OS X

Q: When I markup text with a yellow text highlight, the highlight is a little blurry on my document. Is there a reason for this? A: There was an issue affecting Mac OS X users and Ubuntu users (Ubuntu 12.04 and higher). This issue is resolved in version 8.2.2 for Mac OS X.  This issue […]

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