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Change settings in Preview on Mac
Use Preview settings to change options for the window background, for working with files and images, and for editing PDFs.
In the Preview app on your Mac, choose Preview > Settings, then click a setting.
General
Use the General pane in Preview settings to change the background colour you see on the screen.
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Window background | Change a window’s background colour. |
Images
Use the Images pane in Preview settings to change options for opening image files and scaling images.
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When opening files | Choose whether to open files in a new window.
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Define 100% scale as | Set how an image appears onscreen or when printed.
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Use the PDF pane in Preview settings to change settings for working with PDF documents.
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Define 100% scale as | Set how a document appears onscreen or when printed.
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On opening documents | Select the tickbox if you want previously viewed documents to open at the last page you viewed. Deselect to open documents at the first page. | ||||||||||
Opening for the first time | Choose whether to show documents that you open as Continuous Scroll, Single Page or Two Pages. | ||||||||||
Viewing documents | Choose whether to display page numbers as Roman numerals. | ||||||||||
Annotations | To add your name to annotations you make in a document, select “Add name to annotations”, then type your name in the field. |