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PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:53 am
by jmckeown
Using Preview, select all pages, I cropped a PDF to remove huge borders.
This works fine. The PDF saves. Then I attach to Bookends.
But in Bookends viewer pane it still has the old huge border, though if I
doubleclick open I see new trimmed borders as expected.
Puzzled - how can this be?

Re: PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:51 am
by Jon
If you check "Use WebKit to display pdfs" you should see the modified and cropped display.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:17 am
by jmckeown
Thanks for helpful reply.

I see now I was in View-Basic and was
looking at the Main-Notes-Attachments pane.

Now tried View-Attachments and realized I already had WebKit toggled on
and here the PDF displays correctly with borders as cropped.

I guess this means (Main-Notes-)Attachments pane doesnt do WebKit?

It also must mean there is something in the PDF file that remembers its
original size after Preview crop and save, and the nonWebKit display
of (Main-Notes-)Attachments picks up that old information.

best wishes,
John

Re: PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:28 am
by jmckeown
Ah, I see that main View pane can display other things (just tried a WebArchive) that reference's Attachment pane cannot.
So in future I will keep View set to Attachments, and will stop using the popup reference's Attachments pane.

Re: PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:47 am
by Jon
Hi, the List View attachments pane is more versatile than the attachment tab in the reference window (as you have discovered). Given the flexibility of the List View (reference metadata displayed any way you want in the right pane, attachments of all sorts displayed in the lower pane), I rarely open the reference window anymore.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:03 am
by jmckeown
> the List View attachments pane is more versatile

Yes it is great. The only thing the other pane has that this one doesnt is the
Fit Width button?

Re: PDF display in Bookends

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:41 am
by Jon
If you uncheck "Use Webkit to display pdfs" you'll see that, and right-clicking will give you some options that you won't get with Webkit display.

Jon
Sonny Software