Preview Application Resizing Problem

Preview Application Resizing Problem
Microsoft platforms have two significant advantages. The first is the concept of an operating system that can function with hardware that ranges from cellular phones to desktop computers. The second is that Microsoft has excellent software development tools
for creating and testing computer programs.
Software compatibility across hardware platforms requires not only meeting CPU and memory requirements. Application programs must be able to automatically adjust Window and control sizes to meet the needs of available window sizes, video display unit sizes
and screen resolutions, switching between vertical and horizontal viewing, vertical and horizontal scrolling, changes in font sizes , and variations in the available screen space due to usage of vertical and horizontal toolbars.
Software developers must be careful that resizing doesn’t squeeze controls too close together or make them so small that they cannot be finger or stylus selected when used with touch screens.
Some of the required automatic resizing options are provided by the Microsoft software compilers and the Windows operating system. Softgroup Component’s “.NET Forms Resize” is an example of one of the third party applications that provide advanced
resizing functionality.
Many of the resizing functions are programmer options and, if not properly enabled, an application may not have the required resizing functionality. At the current state of the art, application programs are highly variable in their capability to do the “intelligent
resizing” that is required to handle different display environments.
A case in point is the Microsoft Preview Application for Windows 10. When entering lengthy comments, the send button becomes positioned off the end of the program window. It is possible to scroll to the button, but the display automatically resets when scroll
is released. The result is that the text cannot be sent. You can try a "blind" TAB to the SEND button. This appeared to work after several tries, but the comment was apparently not received,
RERThird

Hi,
What do you see when you open the same PDF file in Acrobat Reader? Are the words still squeezed than?
Dimaxum

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I am having problems with the Preview application. When I try to use it to open a pdf document it gets hung-up and I have to select force quit to close it. Any ideas on how to resolve this problem? Thanks for any help

I am having problems with the Preview application. When I try to use it to open a pdf document it gets hung-up and I have to select force quit to close it. Any ideas on how to resolve this problem? Thanks for any help

Can you open the Preview program without loading a file, like by itself?
If it doesn't load then I suspect a corrupt Preview preference file.
Deleting the System Preference or other .plist file
Can you open other files with Preview, like jpg's and images?
How about other PDFs? or is it just that one you have downloaded?
Run through this list of fixes
Step by Step to fix your Mac

Problems with Viewing JPEGs in Preview Application Solved

Here is the fix that took care of JPG files in the Preview Application.
• First, remove the preference .plist files regarding Preview:
com.apple.Preview. bookmarks.plist
com.apple.Preview.LSSharedFileList.plist
com.apple.Preview.plist
• Second, download Snow Leopard 10.6.2 combo update (MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg) from Apple Support and install the update.
• Third, the computer will restart with the 10.6.2 update installed and Preview works! Hope this works for you.

remaltzman wrote:
I scan student work that is handwritten. I use preview to select a portion of that work and then I paste the portion of the image I have selected into pages or some other application. Since upgrading to Snow Leopard when I partially select an area in preview everything appears normal. But when I paste into another app it pastes the entire image, not the portion I have selected.
I don't know if this is related to your problem, but you might find this TidBITs discussion thread useful:
http://emperor.tidbits.com/TidBITS/Talk/2819

Preview application problems: please help

I'm having an issue with my Preview application on my G4 IBook (10.3.9). Whenever I doubleclick on a file (.jpg, .pdf) and Preview attempts to open (the default program to open those extensions) all I get is the spinning beach ball of death.
I do have the ability to switch back to other applications and continue working, but preview never opens and always requires a force quit. Not being able to open up files, particularly PDFs, on my mac is quite upsetting. Is there any way I can download and replace the preview application? Thoughts on how to improve my situation?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi cnelson22204!
Navigate to HD > Users > Your Account > Library > Preferences;
Trash the file com.apple.Preview.plist.
Try opening one of the jpgs or <i.pdf</i> again.
ali b

Why does Preview automatically resize the text box to cut off the last character of added text? How do I fix it?

Why does Preview automatically resize the text box to cut off the last character of added text? How do I fix it?
I use the Tools > Annotate > Add Text feature, and when I click away after adding text, it automatically changes the text box size such that the last letter -- or last word -- gets bumped off into an invisible line below it, forcing me to manually adjust every single text box. It is highly annoying when trying to complete PDF forms (e.g. job applications).
It appears to be a glitch, quite honestly, an error resulting from Apple's product design. Has it been fixed in the new operating system (for which they want $30)?
I would very much appreciate any help you can provide! Thank you for your time.

* "Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
* "Remove the Cookies" from sites that cause problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]

Why can't I get the Preview application to open PDF files?

Since the end of April 2014, I have had problems with the Preview application. When I try to open Preview, I get the following message: "This application 'Preview.app can't be opened." "-1712.". I tried a recommended solution that I found in the Apple Support Communities, which said I could go to Finder > press the Option key to show Library and then go Preferences and then search for the Preview plist file and delete it.
Unfortunately, that did not work.
Two other Apple owners had the same problem and said the above procedure had worked for them, but post were back in the year 2012. When I followed the above procedures, it did not make any change in the problem with Preview. I still cannot open it. Does any one out there have an suggestions?
It is possible that any recent updates for MacBook Pro from Apple caused the problem? Will I forever have to resort to using Adobe's PDF program?

Hi aK'
Nice, memorable user name!
-1712 is a timed out error. One reported cause (with other applications) is that the application is attempting to open a large number of files, or a file that no longer exists.
Try holding down the shift key when launching preview. This prevents the application from attempting to open windows that were not closed before quitting the application.
Regards,
Barry

[SOLVED] GNOME 3.8 annoying window resize problem

Hello all fellow early-adopters :-)
A very annoying quirk I've noticed, moving from GNOME 3.6 to 3.8, is that it no longer remembers, nor retains, the size/positions I set for many of my application windows. For example, my mail client (Evolution) is sized to fill most of my screen (centrally), with Empathy and Skype as long narrow windows on both sides - giving me a nice, broad "communications" overview on that particular desktop (with dev tools etc open on others).
On 3.6, this layout was retained during my session, as well as next time I started these apps up.
In GNOME 3.8, not only does it insist that these windows are always started as small little bunched-up windows that I need to resize, but every time a window displays a notification/warning (message in internal yellow bar inside the window - such as loss of internet connection, mail retrieval failure etc) it resizes the windows spontaneously to a stupid, small size that overlays the other windows. This is driving me crazy!
Where can I learn a bit more about how window sizing / positioning works in GNOME 3.8, or is it finally time to switch to awesome wm? I want to love GNOME 3.8, I really do. It's so slick, but so... unpolished.
I want to dig in an assist with problems like these, but I need some pointers to some background material first to understand the problem. Is it the window manager? Is it the app?
** UPDATE: Doing a full system upgrade, as of May 18, 2013, has resolved this annoying problem. My windows now stay where they belong, and start with the same size they were closed with. GNOME is now pleasant to use again :-)
Last edited by dawid.loubser (2013-05-21 13:37:25)

dawid.loubser wrote:Thanks for the suggestion drtebi - I'll give it a try.
I really like GNOME 3.x though (and would like to understand the windowing behaviour), but if the annoying quirks are insurmountable, I will happily switch.
Man I love GNOME 3.x. I admire the courage they had to change, basically, everything, and I find myself more productive with my GNOME 3 Arch box than with my good ol' Slackware KDE 4 box. I just hate those bugs - for example I filed a task in their bugtracker for this window resize problem I have with gedit. If it's a love/hate relationship, I think it's marriage ^_^
With the 3.8 upgrade, deadbeef was having a similar problem with window size/position. I just recompiled it against the latest GTK+3 package upgrade (that came after the 'big upgrade' here on Arch) and it was fixed. But not with gedit
bwat47 wrote:
Man I really hope this gets fixed soon, because aside from this one incredibly annoying issue I am loving gnome 3.8.
I get the feeling gnome badly needs more beta testers, sizable regressions like this in "stable" releases happen way too often sad.
I get the exact same feeling. Well bugs exist everywhere, there's no denying. But I think it would be wiser to 'alternate' the nature of each major stable release - one focusing on new features and one focusing on fixing bugs. For example if the only new features in GNOME 3.10 were the AppsFolder full implementation and the introduction of gnome-calendar, and the rest of the development cicle being devoted to fix bugs, I'd be more than happy.
Like Fedora and Ubuntu, the fixed 6-month release cycle colaborates with the bugs. They don't do like Debian or Slackware which are released 'when they are ready'.
EDIT: fout (yet) another bug. At least with facebook chat (haven't tested with other telepathy plugins) the buddy tray icon appear duplicate. Anybody with the same issue?
Last edited by lmello (2013-05-02 14:06:06)

Print Preview Application changed - HELP

My Problem is that when I press the Preview button (or the preview as PDF in the PDF submenu) in the Print dialog it brings up the QuickTime player application instead of the Preview application.
I already selected the document of interest and used the Get Info window to set Preview as the application to open the document. Even did this for all documents of this type. This is NOT the problem.
I want Preview to open when I click on the Preview button in the Print dialog, not the QuickTime Player.
How / where can I fix or delete the preview settings so Preview is the application behind the Preview button in the Print dialog?
Thank you.
PS: someone else has the same problem under 10.4

As I have read a thread somewhere else, where someone had this problem with Adobe Reader instead of Quicktime, and had it solved with deleting the Adrobe Reader, I deleted QuickTime - and now the +Print Preview+ opens Safari.
So it's still HELP

Photo library preview application to save photos

What is, how do I use "iphoto library preview application to save photos?
I made an error with my external hard drive while disconnectiong it.
I cannot access the iphoto library on that drive.
Can you help?
Larry

There is no iPhoto library preview program
What exactly did you do? What exactly is the problem? What version of iPhoto do you have? Is OS X 10.4.10 the correct version of your OS as you report in your profile?
Try Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto database
LN

On my 10.6.8, my preview application disappeared and all my documents are coming up as color sync utility. So I can't print anything. HELP!

Where did my preview application go? I have been trying to print documents but everything is coming up under color sync utility, which I don't even know what it is, and there is no "Print" option. All the previous questions about this problem say to go to Preview, but it has gone away. I've looked in Finder and Apps and had both my 20 something children look for it, and none of us know what to do next.
I have a 10.6.8 Mac using Google Chrome as my server, if that matters.

Download Find File for Mac If that piece of software can't find it, you can custom install Preview directly from the disc that came with your Mac when you purchased. It's inside disc #1. Follow the online instructions.

Preview application on dock not working

I have a problem with preview application, so when I click the preview icon on dock, it doens't open. I have tried many ways such as re-installing Mac OS Lion, going to the Library and creating a new user giving it read/write previleges and going to Prefernces on the Library folder finding the filie com.apple.Preview.plist( this file doesn't exist in my Library), none of the ways fixed my problem, so someone could help me please?

ajfmachado wrote:
I have a problem with preview application, so when I click the preview icon on dock, it doens't open. I have tried many ways such as re-installing Mac OS Lion, going to the Library and creating a new user giving it read/write previleges and going to Prefernces on the Library folder finding the filie com.apple.Preview.plist( this file doesn't exist in my Library), none of the ways fixed my problem, so someone could help me please?
Have you tried launching it from Applications?
Pete

Illustrator Resizing Problems

I am having reduction resizing problems in Illustrator CS6. E.G. Straws & lemon wedge rinds become significantly proportionately wider when reduced. Also, numerical text does not skew with everything else. I have a CC membership w/PS & Ai installed. There are no other Adobe items on my 8 month old imac, Lion 10.7.4 except Flash player & the Adobe Applications Manager. Additionally, I have no 3rd party plug-ins & deleting the prefs file does not fix the problem. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

sgem,
And untick Align to Pixel Grid if ticked (you can do it in the Transform panel, or search for it in the Helpfile).
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Is there a way of printing the file name from within the Preview application?

If I'm printing a file within Apple's Preview application, I sometimes want to be able to print the file name at the edge of the document. Does anyone know of way of doing this?

Thanks for replying, that goes some way to answering the question, but I'm also looking to see how much space each app and its associated documents are using, i.e. Pages comes in at 112Mb for the app alone, but I'd like to know how much space is being used by the documents as well.
Once again thanks,
SG

Application Builder problem on one server but not another

I am having an Application Builder problem. When I get into App Express and go inside the builder and try to edit a listed application, I get an “http 404 the page cannot be found. The page might have had its name changed or is temporarily unavailable” situation. I can get into SQL commands, utilities, and administrative activities. I can also run the application. Also, if I go onto a different server with App Express on it, I can get into the builder and edit applications with no trouble. Our DBA had the server in question rebooted a little over a week ago and that took care of the problem for a couple days. Any ideas? Is this an Express problem or a server problem? He had also tried restarting Express before he had the reboot done and that didn’t help.
Thank you for any help.
Cordially,
Robert J. Smith

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Preview application not working

When I open a pdf, the Preview application opens in the dock, but nothing shows up on the screen. I can force quit Preview by ctrl-clicking, but that's it. Any suggestions?

Open Preview first & then select the PDF file to Open.
I use Adobe Reader instead of Preview.
 Cheers, Tom

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