HT2506 Mac Preview pdf viewer

can you please tell me how do I find the file information on a document I have open in preview.
I cant work out how to see the path??
and there doesnt seem to be a 'get info' or "show file in finder option" ?
thanks

louisefromvic wrote:
can you please tell me how do I find the file information on a document I have open in preview.
I cant work out how to see the path??
One way to see the path is to press the command key and click on the title of the Preview window. You will get a display of folders corresponding to the path to the file. If you click on the entry just below the title it will open the enclosing folder and show you the file in the Finder.
and there doesnt seem to be a 'get info' or "show file in finder option" ?
thanks
Once you have the folder selected in its folder (from the previous step) inside the Finder (not Preview), you can do the Get info thing.
charlie

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