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How to Handle PDF with Notes App on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Mac OS X El Capitan makes it possible to do things you do most with your Mac in smarter ways. It helps you find your stuff faster and more efficiently. The changes are not revolutionary, but alter your experience with Mac family devices. As you know, one of the upgrades has been implemented to the Notes app and the way it handles incorporated elements including PDF files. Now, the new Notes app allows you to make richer and smarter notes. In other words, you can add photos, videos, URLs and location data. You can also add checklists to your rich notes. Notes app also brings some new features related to PDF. Now let’s learn how you can handle PDF with Notes on Mac OS X El Capitan.

Part 1How to Work with PDF Using Notes on Mac OS X El Capitan

Step 1. Insert PDF into Notes

As mentioned earlier, you can add PDF files to your Notes. Let's be clearer. To do so, create a note first. Then find your PDF from the Finder and directly drag it into your Notes.

When you add a PDF file to a new note, it shows up as an attachment in your note and the app itself does not allow you to fully view the PDF document. Instead, when you double click on the PDF file in Notes, the default PDF viewer of El Capitan runs: The Preview App.

2. Export Notes as PDF

To share, click on the "Share" button from the main tab and choose another applications or services. You can also export your notes into a PDF file. To export, choose "File" and "Export as PDF"s.

Part 2How to Edit PDF Using PDF Editor for Mac OS X El Capitan

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To edit PDF on Mac OS X El Capitan, you'd better use a professional PDF editor. Our suggestion is Wondershare PDFelement for Mac, which is a smart tool that allows users to save web pages, jpeg's and text files as PDF documents and generally edit, convert and annotate PDFs on Mac OS X 10.11. Let us figure out the characteristics Wondershare PDFelement has that turn it into one of the best choices in the market if not the best.

Step 1. Create PDF Files

PDFelement can create PDF files from many other documents like webpages, images, text and more.

  • To create a PDF from a single file, you can click the "Create PDF" button on the Home window, or go to "File > Create" to select "PDF from File";
  • To Create PDF from multiple files, you can click the "Combine Files" button on the Home window or go to "File > Create > Combine Files into a Single PDF";
  • To create a blank document, you can go to "File > Create" and then select the "Blank Document" option from the submenu.

Step 2. Edit Text, Images and Pages

This fabulous software can fully meet to requirements on editing PDF documents. Click the "Edit" button on the top toolbar, then you can directly modify the texts and images. To extract, crop and replace image, you can double click on the image to get the options.

On the right side "Pages" menu, you can find the option you need to edit PDF pages, like crop, replace, rotate, delete, split and more.

Step 3. Annotate PDF to Remark Content

Click the "Markup" button to expand the drop down menu, which contains all the tools needed for annotations: Sticky Note, Text Box, Callout, Text Comment, Shapes, Free-hand Drawings (with Pencil and Eraser).

To highlight, underline, or strikethrough the texts on your PDF, you can click the "Highlight" button on the top right corner.

Step 4. Convert PDF to a Format You Prefer

PDFelement supports many popular output formats including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text, Epub, HTML, image, RTF. Just click on the "Convert" button on the toolbar and on the pop-up, choose your desired format. Batch conversion is well supported.

Part 3The Pros and Cons of Notes for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

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Published: Jan 26,2016 17:29 pm / Updated: Aug 22,2016 15:00 pm

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