Cropped .pdf in Preview To Show Permanent Cropping?

Hello
I am trying to get a multiple page .pdf that I created and cropped in Preview onto my iPad.
I understand the process, however when I finally view the file on the iPad, it has the original scans from the .pdf and not the ones I carefully cropped to make neater.
How can I save a .pdf to permanently reflect the cropping I made?
Many Thanks

In the Preview Help (page about Crop) you will may read :
+Rognage de documents PDF+
+Il est possible de rogner une page d'un document PDF afin de supprimer des portions inutiles. Vous pouvez rogner uniquement la page affichée ou toutes les pages du document.+
+*Le rognage de document n'affecte pas son contenu. _Vous pouvez visualiser à nouveau le document original_ en choisissant Présentation > Afficher PDF > Zone de données*+.
which an automatic translator translate as :
+Crop PDF document+
+It is possible to crop a page of a document PDF to remove useless portions. You can crop only the displayed page or all the pages of the document.+
+*Cropping document does not affect its contents. _You can display again the original document_ by choosing View > Show PDF > Zone of data.*+
Given that, it's clear that the cropped PDF just embed the infos decribing the size and the location of the cropping shape.
It appears that the app displaying these PDFs on the ipad is unaware of this feature.
It would be a good idea to post a feedback to Apple.
I don't know if they have a link dedicated to the ipad or if the one used for mac applications is valid.
Given the current behaviour, it would be useful to use a tool able to apply a 'destructive' crop.
You may start testing *_TransformPDFtoImages Service - 1.0_* (free)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/transformpdftoi/
You may also try, Proview (not free)
http://www.coherentpdf.com/proview-features.html
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 14 mai 2010 17:14:05

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