Viewing PDFs in Preview is rather annoying. They are translucent. Seeing the windows/desktop that are sitting behind Preview while I'm trying to read the PDF is HIGHLY distracting!
Why is Preview translucent??? I don't remember this issue existing in older versions of OS X.
So. How do I set the opacity of the entire document in Preview?
If the same PDFs are opened in another PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Skim, etc.) are the PDFs displayed with the same transparency as in Preview? What application has been used to create these PDFs — in the Finder, single-click on the PDF and press option+cmd+i to see the Content Creator.
If the same PDFs are opened in another PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Skim, etc.) are the PDFs displayed with the same transparency as in Preview? What application has been used to create these PDFs — in the Finder, single-click on the PDF and press option+cmd+i to see the Content Creator.
Boo. The replies are not threaded.
My first reply was to dialabrain.
This reply is to VikingOSX:
First of all, I do not have another PDF viewer on this MacBook.
Good grief. Other PDFs are not translucent.
I don't know what program created the translucent PDF. It was given to me.
Sorry for raising the issue. I guess it's a non-issue.
Interesting. They are not translucent on my two installs of Monterey. See if enabling "Reduce transparency" in System Preferences > Accessibility > Display helps.
I did find and try that before posting here. All that setting did was make the grey background around the text black. It did not affect the white background at all.
bobsuncle wrote:
Boo. The replies are not threaded.
My first reply was to dialabrain.
Yes, I got that. Sorry I wasn't at least helpful.
How to set/change the opacity in Preview?
