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Is there a way to reduce the space between lines of text in Preview?
It seems like suddenly there is more space between the lines. And it is definitely more than needed. Plus, it makes it difficult to do what I am trying to do.
Thank you in advance for any help.
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
Preview is not a text editing program, and because it is not, the ability to alter text in this way is limited or non-existent.
You can use it to add text in boxes to picture or .pdf files, but the ability to edit these is mostly in font, font size and color.
Text boxes can be arranged to be close together or farther apart, so that may be one way to accomplish a similar effect.
If you can tell us what you are trying to accomplish, maybe someone can suggest how best to get it done.
Preview User Guide for Mac - Apple Support:
Preview is not a text editing program, and because it is not, the ability to alter text in this way is limited or non-existent.
You can use it to add text in boxes to picture or .pdf files, but the ability to edit these is mostly in font, font size and color.
Text boxes can be arranged to be close together or farther apart, so that may be one way to accomplish a similar effect.
If you can tell us what you are trying to accomplish, maybe someone can suggest how best to get it done.
Preview User Guide for Mac - Apple Support:
scutarius Said:
"Preview - reduce space between lines of text: Is there a way to reduce the space between lines of text in Preview?
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Getting Around This:
A. Scan Screenshots of Texts:
Start with taking some screenshots and then save them one screenshot after the other on to a document. Then, print it, scanning it in with software called OmniPage.
Go Here: Take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support
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B. Try using software called OmniPage.
OmniPage is scan-to-PDF software, and would be worth it, if these are not hundreds of pages. All you would need to do is print out this document of screenshots, and then scan it with OnmiPage --- all would be saved as a PDF document or other options, and could fully editable as a MS Word Document. Here is the Developer's Site: Kofax OmniPage Standard and Ultimate | Kofax
scutarius Said:
"Preview - reduce space between lines of text: Is there a way to reduce the space between lines of text in Preview? It seems like suddenly there is more space between the lines. And it is definitely more than needed. Plus, it makes it difficult to do what I am trying to do. Thank you in advance for any help"
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Interesting:
Preview is not a PDF editor, and you cannot alter original PDF content in it. Although you can open Microsoft, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote documents as well, they are read-only and can only be changed by their original applications.
D.I. Johnson - Thank you. I can see that I should have been more clear. I was referring to text that I added. I was reviewing and commenting on a draft of a contract. So, adding text with one of the editing tools. We can change the color and font and size, and even alignment. But I saw nothing to change the space between the lines.
I tried to edit my question, but see no option for that.
I understood that maybe you were using text boxes to add your comments.
Have you tried using Tools > Annotate > Note from the Preview menu bar to add your comments to the pdf file? You can also add notes by clicking the Note button in the Markup toolbar.
Alternatively, you can click Tools > Annotate > Speech Bubble to add that style of comment to your documents.
To be clear, there is no editing of the text spacing with these options either. They are as they are.
Thank you. I am not trying to edit the original language or text of the pdf. I was using the Preview tool to add text, (a comment), and the spaces between the lines of the text I add is too large.
D.I. Johnson - Thanks. I appreciate the "No there is not a way" answer, as well as the other suggestions. I will give them a shot.
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