Unable to edit my document in Preview after unlocking it?

Created my document using Pages and exported it to PDF.

Unable to edit my document in Preview after unlocking it?

Thanks.

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Aug 8, 2023 03:23 AM

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Posted on Aug 8, 2023 05:48 AM

Apple ships no PDF Editor with the operating system if by editing, you imply changing the underlying text in the PDF. If that is the case, either make the changes in Pages and export the PDF again, or purchase a proper PDF Editor from the Mac App Store.


Adding annotations as another layer in the PDF is not editing a PDF. Are you experiencing issues with annotation?


I can generate any number of PDFs from Pages and they are immediately able to be annotated. Nothing is locked.


In Preview, press cmd+i to open the Inspector and then select the panel shown below. This PDF came directly from Pages v13.1 on macOS Ventura 13.5:


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Aug 8, 2023 05:48 AM in response to PowerCube97

Apple ships no PDF Editor with the operating system if by editing, you imply changing the underlying text in the PDF. If that is the case, either make the changes in Pages and export the PDF again, or purchase a proper PDF Editor from the Mac App Store.


Adding annotations as another layer in the PDF is not editing a PDF. Are you experiencing issues with annotation?


I can generate any number of PDFs from Pages and they are immediately able to be annotated. Nothing is locked.


In Preview, press cmd+i to open the Inspector and then select the panel shown below. This PDF came directly from Pages v13.1 on macOS Ventura 13.5:


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