I annotated some pdf files using "Preview". I saved the file then retieved it. All the mark-ups were saved.
However, after I copied those files to iTunes and synched my iPad with those files I was disappointed.
When I opened the pdf files in iBooks on my iPad, none of the annotations were there. How can that be? Is there a way to fix that?
thanks
Rick Conklin
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Hi Rick,
You can view the annotated PDFs in iBooks on an iPad providing you print the annotated pages first as PDFs when opened in Preview. Just reinsert the printed annotated pages into the PDF using the usual drag and drop from the thumbnail view, removing the original pages as you go. Then save the modified document to iBooks on the iMac and sync with iTunes as usual. When opened on the iPad, all your annotations should be there.
I haven't tried this yet, but you should be able to print the whole, originally annotated document to PDF using Preview, creating a pemanently annotated copy of the original. This may only be successful if the page sizes are uniform throughout the original.
Just discovered...
Preview lets you "Export as PDF...".
You can Export the annotated file, creating a permanently annotated copy.
This new copy retains all the annotations when viewed in iBooks on the iPad.
annotated pdf files lose annotations in iBooks
