Converting JPGs to PDFs with Preview

I have a large collection of jpgs I would like to convert into multi-page PDFs. However, whenever I use Preview to save a jpg as a PDF, it ends up cropping the image. Am I doing something wrong?

Doesn't crop when I do it your way, so I can't offer any direct suggestions, but perhaps try using Print to save as a pdf.

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By a PS file, I assume you mean Photoshop file. I also use Preview to open my PS files.
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Converting WordPerfect to PDF with desktop printer tool: Not working

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 11:52:08 -0800
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Converting WordPerfect to PDF with desktop printer tool: Not working
    Re: Converting WordPerfect to PDF with desktop printer tool: Not working
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How do I crop a PDF with Preview.

How do I crop a PDF with Preview.
For some strange reason, when I crop a PDF using preview the rest of the PDF is still “their” when opened using other software.
I truly want to crop a PDF and have the uncropped portions completely go away. Do I really have to open Photoshop to do this?

"there" not "their" - unless I am really confused about what you are doing !
I put a white rectangle over what I wanted to crop out of the pdf I was working on.
Not a proper solution, i then needed to use "export as PDF" of my PDF so that the next user of the document couldn't simply lift off the rectangle I had put on the document to cover what ideally I would have removed.
Add mark up is something else I tried, to black out the text that I wanted concealed, but we are limited to a slim choice of colours, not including black.
I would like to see a function "crop" with "crop inside" and "crop outside" options. I am not familiar with Adobe or other software. Presumably since they invented it, Adobe is the place to go if you have repeated exercises requiring meddling with Adobe documents.

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Solved again. Just use the crop and save as another PDF, serves the same function.

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Problem Event Name:                        APPCRASH
Application Name:                             Acrobat.exe
Application Version:                           9.5.5.316
Application Timestamp:                     518ac052
Fault Module Name:                          ImageConversion.api
Fault Module Version:                        9.5.5.316
Fault Module Timestamp:                  518aac4c
Exception Code:                                  c0000094
Exception Offset:                                0003ce16
OS Version:                                          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID:                                             1033
Additional Information 1:                  0a9e
Additional Information 2:                  0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:                  0a9e
Additional Information 4:                  0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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