How to print out comments in Preview

[hhaeschen]

Hi Guys,

yesterday I used Preview to add my comments to a PDF document in a lecture. Usually I then save the PDF including the comments. However, this file is encrypted and saving it with changes is impossible.

Now I would at least like to print it in a way that I can also see the comments I've added and don't lose everything. How can I do that? I couldn't work it out.

Is there maybe a way to work around the encryption (3rd party software)? Or do you have other suggestions?

I appreciate all your help! Thanks!

[mackindergarten]

Hi!

For PDF annotation I suggest you use the great freeware Skim (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/) instead of Preview. It's really superior to Preview for everything PDF.

For your current work: Try printing your PDF again as PDF (in the printing dialog click the PDF button and choose Save as PDF…). Don't know if it works with encrypted PDF files. Worth a try. Let me know if it worked out.

Hope this was helpful.

/Rupert

[hhaeschen]

Hi!

For your current work: Try printing your PDF again as PDF (in the printing dialog click the PDF button and choose Save as PDF…). Don't know if it works with encrypted PDF files. Worth a try. Let me know if it worked out.

Hope this was helpful.

/Rupert

Thanks for your answer. Printing the file as PDF is possible but it does not print the comments, only the text that is part of the original file... :(

[mackindergarten]

One not-quite-perfect solution would be to open up the PDF in Skim and copy all notes over (but try first, if you can save them in Skim).
This will be quite a pain in the neck, if you have a lot to copy. But better than losing all your notes.

/Rupert