How to Handle PDF with Notes App on Mac

Elise Williams

Oct 15,2019 • Filed to: PDFelement for Mac How-Tos • Proven solutions

As we know, the new Notes app on Mac 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. But many of us don't know how to handle PDF with Notes on Mac till now. Here will be best way for you to get the answer with PDFelement.

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Steps to Edit PDF Using PDFelement

To edit PDF on macOS 10.15, 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, you'd better use a professional PDF editor. Our suggestion is PDFelement, which is a smart tool that allows users to save web pages, jpeg's and text files as PDF documents and generally edit and annotate PDFs on Mac. Let's figure out the characteristics PDFelement Express has that turn it into one of the best choices in the market if not the best.

Step 1. Open PDF Files

PDFelement can open various PDF documents in a second, you can start to experience the fluency.

Step 2. Edit Text, Images and Pages

This fabulous software can fully meet the requirements on editing PDF documents. Click the "Text" button on the left toolbar. If you want to edit image, click the "Image" button on the left toolbar.

Click the "Organize Pages" icon on the right side, you can find the option you need to edit PDF pages, like add, rotate, delete, extract 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 corresponding tools on the left ribbon menu.

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How to Work with PDF Using Notes on Mac

Step 1. Insert PDF into Notes

As mentioned earlier, you can add PDF files to your Notes. In order to do this, 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 the attached PDF file in Notes, the default PDF viewer of El Capitan runs: The Preview App.

Step 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.