How to Read PDF on Mac

If going through a lot of trouble trying to know how you can read the PDF files from your Mac then you can at least have some peace of mind: to read a PDF file on Mac, you may need a copy of Mac PDF Reader installed in your gadget. PDFelement Express for Mac is the best PDF reader for Mac. If the PDF Reader is installed then, this is how you read PDF document on Mac (including macOS 10.14 Mojave).

PDFelement Express for Mac is a professional PDF Reader, which is designed for improving the user experience when dealing with PDF files. The reading feature in PDFelement Express for mac offers users 4 reading modes and users can change the reading modes freely. With multiple options under the reading tab, uses can not only zoom in and out, skip to a specific location, but also make markups to PDF.

1. Edit PDF texts, images, pages, formatting, notes, links, fonts etc.
2. Sign PDF with customized and unique hand-written signatures.
3. Print PDF files, print booklets and books, print double sided PDF and also print PDF with comments.
4. It is compatible with macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14 Mojave.

How to Read PDF on Mac

Now that you know a thing or two about this tool, how about you get to know how to use it? The great thing is that the software is pretty easy to use thanks to its design aspects. If you are running macOS X then you can follow the following steps:

Step 1: Open PDF on Mac

Click on the "Open File…" button at the bottom of your window and browse for the PDF you would like to open and click on the file.

Step 2: Read PDF on Mac

You can now select the view you fancy by clicking on "View" on the menu bar and selecting "Page Display". Here you will have four-page viewing options to choose from: "Single Page View", "Enable Scrolling", "Two Page View" and "Two Page Scrolling".

You can use the "Up" and "Down" keys on your computer to scroll within the document or you can search certain pages using page numbers.

Step 3: Make Annotation while Reading

Under the "Markup" menu, you will see a lot of icon options. If you don't know what each icon means, you can move your mouse to the icon and the function will show as words. You can add text, note, stamps, links, and callout to the PDF by clicking corresponding icon. It is that simple! Editing PDF documents on your computer can never get that easy!