HT201740: Mac Basics: Preview app views and edits images and PDFs

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Q: My preview does not have the tool bar described in the support page

I am on Yosemite 10.10.2. My preview does not have the tool bar described in this support document:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201740

 

Software Update says my system is up to date. How do I get the latest Preview described here? If I could get the features described on this support page, it would be awesome.


I have been struggling with the Preview that came with Yosemite. When I add text it is always justified and I can't change any style properties. Preview always opens without thumbnails, but I want thumbnails.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 8:59 AM

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  • by Barney-15E,Helpful

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Mar 29, 2015 9:06 AM in response to mjlee
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    Mar 29, 2015 9:06 AM in response to mjlee

    Preview in Yosemite has changed since that article was published.

    Click on the toolbox icon to see the editing tools:

    toolbox icon.png

    With the new Preview, you create an item, then move and edit it after inserting.

    While editing the text, choose the desired formatting from the Text Styles menu:

    Text Styles.png

    If you select Preview Help from the Help menu in Preview, you can see the help for the current version.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 29, 2015 10:42 AM in response to mjlee
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    Mar 29, 2015 10:42 AM in response to mjlee

    Preview/View/Thumbnails.

  • by mjlee,Solvedanswer

    mjlee mjlee Mar 30, 2015 6:30 AM in response to mjlee
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    Mar 30, 2015 6:30 AM in response to mjlee

    Barney-15E, thanks for pointing out the A icon to change the style of text that I create. I overlooked that completely.

     

    Eric Root, what I meant was that I want preview to always open in Thumbnail mode. But I think I figured that one out. There is a Preview Preference tab for PDF which has an option of "Always show sidebar" when Opening for the first time.

     

    It was helpful but perplexing to know from Barney-15E that Preview support docs are not up to date. Except, I never saw such features in Preview, so maybe that doc is a description of things to come?

     

    While googling around, I also found many people had the same complaint I do about another feature: the Text box always positions in the middle of the page, rather than where you first click on the document. Apparently I'm not the only one who found Preview really lacking with the Yosemite release. Someone even figured out how to install the prior Preview 7.0 version...

     

    Thanks for your help!

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 30, 2015 11:50 AM in response to mjlee
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    Mar 30, 2015 11:50 AM in response to mjlee

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.


    Feedback

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Mar 30, 2015 4:26 PM in response to mjlee
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    Mar 30, 2015 4:26 PM in response to mjlee

    No, the online docs are old. They are always well behind the help files in the Apps themselves. However, they tend to have more detail than the help.