PDF files - no preview icons

I have searched all over the place... will Tiger show a preview icon for PDF files? I only get an Adobe PDF icon, there is no preview thumbnail. I have Adobe CS Pro installed. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
shawnotay

Hi shawnotay. Welcome to the Discussions.
Not as you would normally think of preview icons. Specifically:
- Not if Finder is in Icon or List View.
- If you put Finder in Column View and select a PDF file, a new column appears that, after a moment, shows a preview image.
You can assign preview icons to PDFs using Graphic Converter. Using its File > Convert & Modify menu choice, one can use the "Create Icon/Preview" function to create a preview icon for a PDF file. When I've used this, it assigns an image of the first page of the PDF as the preview icon.
Hope that helps.
Good luck!
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