Preview keeps quitting when trying to save

Something is going on with my Preview application, I've tried to open a map and it's unreadable, looks like I have a bug or something with a combination of photos and docs. And now, I'm trying to save a PDF file and it keeps quitting.

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Quit Preview. Go to /Users/lloyd/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist and drag that folder to your Desktop then relaunch Preview.

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