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Take Control of PDFpen
by Michael E. CohenPolish your PDFs with Smile's PDFpen, for a fraction of what Adobe Acrobat costs! Michael E. Cohen explains how you can create, combine, edit, annotate, and protect PDFs. Also learn how to perform and edit OCR, fill out forms, sign forms digitally, make interactive forms, and much more. Covers Mac and iOS/iPadOS versions!
Take Control of PDFpen 10 (1.0)
by Michael E. CohenThis book tells you how create, edit, and enhance PDF documents on the Mac with Smile’s PDFpen 10 and PDFpenPro 10, and on the go with PDFpen for iPad and iPhone.
Take Control of PDFpen 5
by Michael E CohenAfter a whirlwind history and overview of PDF, you'll take a tour through PDFpen's tools and navigation. With those basics taken care of, you'll learn how to: Scan a document to PDF and make the text editable with OCR Combine pages from multiple files into a single PDF Turn a Web site into a multi-page PDF Add or remove pages from a PDF Add a hand-written signature to a PDF Add page and URL links to a PDF Make a clickable table of contents for a PDF Use professional editing marks on a PDF Edit text within a PDF that was received in email Leave comments on a PDF document Remove sensitive or confidential text from a PDF Enhance the images in a PDF Fill out a PDF-based form Print just form entries on a pre-printed form Create an interactive PDF-based form that can collect data and send it to you via email or the Web An appendix describes the many useful AppleScripts that ship with PDFpen. This ebook was created in collaboration with Smile, with Michael providing feedback during the PDFpen 5 development process and PDFpen's developers tech editing the book for complete accuracy.
Take Control of PDFpen 5
by Michael E CohenHave you ever had to fill out and sign a PDF-based form? Or change the date on a PDF-based flyer? Comment on a document sent around your workplace as a PDF file? Scan a document to PDF and OCR the text? Smile's PDFpen 5 can perform these and many other PDF manipulations more easily than Adobe Acrobat, and at a fraction of the price. With clarity and humor, Take Control of PDFpen 5 explains precisely what you can do with PDFs using PDFpen and its big brother, PDFpenPro.After a whirlwind history and overview of PDF, you'll take a tour through PDFpen's tools and navigation. With those basics taken care of, you'll learn how to:Scan a document to PDF and make the text editable with OCRCombine pages from multiple files into a single PDFTurn a Web site into a multi-page PDFAdd or remove pages from a PDFAdd a hand-written signature to a PDFAdd page and URL links to a PDFMake a clickable table of contents for a PDFUse professional editing marks on a PDFEdit text within a PDF that was received in emailLeave comments on a PDF documentRemove sensitive or confidential text from a PDFEnhance the images in a PDFFill out a PDF-based formPrint just form entries on a pre-printed formCreate an interactive PDF-based form that can collect data and send it to you via email or the WebAn appendix describes the many useful AppleScripts that ship with PDFpen.This ebook was created in collaboration with Smile, with Michael providing feedback during the PDFpen 5 development process and PDFpen's developers tech editing the book for complete accuracy.
Take Control of PDFpen 6
by Michael E CohenLearn to create, edit, and manipulate PDFs with Smile's PDFpen 6!Have you ever needed to give feedback on a PDF, but stumbled around trying to insert comments and proofreading marks? Or spent way too long trying to refresh the date on a PDF-based flyer? Maybe you wanted to fill out and sign a PDF-based form without printing it and faxing it back? What about making your own PDF-based form with fill-in fields that could be submitted over the Internet? Or have you wished you could OCR scanned text so you could revise it right in the PDF? All these tasks--and much more--can be done with PDFpen from Smile.Even better, there's an in-depth guide for all these tasks. Written by Michael E. Cohen with clarity and humor, Take Control of PDFpen 6 turns you into a PDF productivity powerhouse while you work at your desktop or laptop Mac with PDFpen or PDFpenPro, or on the go with your iPad or iPhone.Michael begins with a rundown of your purchasing options: PDFpen versus PDFpenPro, from Smile versus the Mac App Store, and the advantages of an iPhone or iPad version. Next, you'll meet PDFpen, starting with a general overview of the PDF format, followed by a tour of PDFpen's user interface--including the new Editing bar. Then Michael jumps into the many ways you can modify a PDF:Add and remove pages, and combine pages from multiple files into one PDF.Directly edit the text, plus add comments and professional editing marks.Redact confidential text. Add clickable page and URL links, add page numbers, and add images.Make a clickable table of contents (PDFpenPro only).Change the look with a Quartz filter (for example, make it black-and-white).Reduce the file size with a Quartz filter.Password-protect it.Turn it into a formatted Microsoft Word document.Prevent other users taking certain actions, such as printing or editing (PDFpenPro only).You'll learn how PDFpen is your friend when it comes to forms:Fill out forms with ease.Add a handwritten signature--in the iOS versions, you can write with a stylus!Print just form entries on a pre-printed form!Create an interactive PDF form for both Mac and Windows (PDFpenPro only). You can even make your interactive PDF form collect data and send it to you via email or the Web.And, that's not all! You'll also learn how to:Move PDFs in and out of PDFpen in iOS, so that you can fluidly share them between your Apple devices--Michael describes several approaches, including iCloud, iTunes, Dropbox, and Open In.Get the most out of Apple's AutoSave and Versions features--or turn them off for PDFpen if you find them troublesome.Scan a document to PDF, and make the text editable with OCR.Print a PDF with its annotations appearing at the end.Store frequently used items (like a logo or signature) in the PDFpen Library.Turn a Web site into a multi-page PDF (PDFpenPro only).An appendix describes the many useful AppleScripts that ship with PDFpen.This ebook was created in collaboration with Smile, with PDFpen's developers tech editing the manuscript.
Take Control of PDFpen 7
by Michael E CohenLearn how to create and manipulate PDFs with PDFpen 7 and PDFpen for iPad & iPhonePDF serves as a universal document format for all manner of forms, statements, and receipts. And, whether you've moved a lot of your documents into the cloud or not, you've probably noticed that more and more "paper" is coming your way as PDF files.But, even as PDFs unstuff our filing cabinets and shrink the piles in our physical inboxes, we need to learn new skills to edit and manage PDFs effectively. Many Mac users have turned to Smile's affordable PDFpen app to help them sign PDF forms, handle scanned documents, edit PDFs, create PDFs, and even export PDFs to other file formats. With Take Control of PDFpen 7, you'll learn how to do all these tasks and more on a Mac with PDFpen or PDFpenPro, or on the go with PDFpen for iPad & iPhone.The book begins with a guide to purchasing options: PDFpen versus PDFpenPro, from Smile versus the Mac App Store, and the advantages of the iOS version. Next, you'll meet PDFpen with an overview of the PDF format and a tour of the interface.Compatibility? PDFpen 7 works with OS X 10.10 Yosemite; we also have Take Control of PDFpen 6 for users of older versions of OS X.With those preliminaries out of the way, you'll learn how to:Add and remove pages, and combine pages from multiple files into one PDF.Mark up a PDF with highlights, comments, professional editing marks, and more.Edit a PDF by fixing typos, adding text, formatting text, and redacting confidential text. Scan a document into a PDF, and make the text editable with OCR.View and work directly with OCRed text in the OCR layer (PDFpenPro only)Add clickable links, page numbers, and images.Make a clickable table of contents (PDFpenPro only).Reduce the file size with a Quartz filter.Password-protect a PDF. And (PDFpenPro only), prevent others from printing or editing a PDF. Turn a PDF into a formatted Microsoft Word document, or (PDFpenPro only) export it in Excel or PowerPoint format. And, you'll find directions for working with forms:Fill out forms with ease.Add a handwritten signature -- in the iOS versions, you can write with a stylus!Print just form entries on a pre-printed form.Create an interactive PDF form for both Mac and Windows (PDFpenPro only) that can collect data and send it to you via email or the Web.That's not all! The book also covers how to:Work with PDFs in PDFpen for iPad & iPhone.Get your PDFs into and out of PDFpen in iOS via iCloud Drive, iTunes, Dropbox, and Open In.Print a PDF with its annotations appearing at the end.Store frequently used items (like a logo or signature) in the PDFpen Library.Turn a Web site into a multi-page PDF (PDFpenPro only).An appendix describes the useful AppleScripts that ship with PDFpen.This ebook was created in collaboration with Smile, with PDFpen's developers tech editing the book.
Take Control of PDFpen 9
by Michael E CohenJuggle your PDFs easily with PDFpen 9!These days, an ever-increasing amount of "paper"--contracts, tax forms, bills, reports, and more--comes into our lives as PDF files. We generate this virtual paper too, since it's so much easier to save a document as a PDF and send it to a colleague via email than it is to print and send via fax or email. To read, edit, and manipulate all these PDFs, you need the appropriate tools and skills.Given the high price of Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, many Mac users have turned to Smile's affordable PDFpen apps to help them sign PDF forms, handle scanned documents, make changes in existing PDFs, create new PDFs from a variety of sources, and to export PDFs to other file formats (including Word and Excel). With Take Control of PDFpen 9, you'll learn how to do all these tasks and more on your Mac with PDFpen or PDFpenPro or on the go with PDFpen for iPad and iPhone.If you haven't used PDFpen before, this free book is an excellent way to find out what it has to offer.Take Control of PDFpen 9 begins with a guide to purchasing options: PDFpen versus PDFpenPro, from Smile versus the Mac App Store, and the advantages of the iOS version. Next, you'll meet PDFpen with an overview of the PDF format and a tour of the interface.With the basics out of the way, highlights of what you'll learn to do include:Add and remove pages, and combine pages from multiple files into one PDF.Mark up a PDF with highlights, comments, editing marks, and more.Edit a PDF by fixing typos, adding text, formatting text, and redacting confidential text. Scan a document into a PDF, and make the text editable with OCR.View and work with OCRed text in the OCR layer (PDFpenPro only)Add clickable links, page numbers, and images.Make a clickable table of contents (PDFpenPro only).Password-protect a PDF. And (PDFpenPro only), prevent others from printing or editing a PDF. Turn a PDF into a formatted Microsoft Word document, or (PDFpenPro only) export it in Excel or PowerPoint format. And, you'll find directions for working with PDF forms:Fill out forms with ease.Add a handwritten signature.Apply a digital signing certificate.Print just form entries on a pre-printed form.Create an interactive PDF form (PDFpenPro only) that can collect data and send it to you via email or the Web. You can add an interactive signature field, which makes it easy for the form to be signed online.An appendix describes the useful AppleScripts that ship with PDFpen.This ebook was created in collaboration with Smile, with PDFpen's developers tech editing the book.
Take Control of Permissions in Leopard
by Brian TanakaPermissions problems got you down? Turn to Unix expert Brian Tanaka's unique guide to the permissions in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that control access to your files, folders, and disks. You'll learn how to keep files private, when to set Ignore Permissions, what happens when you repair permissions, how to delete stuck files, and the best ways to solve permissions-related problems. Advanced concepts include the sticky bit, Leopard's more-important access control lists, bit masks, and symbolic versus absolute ways to set permissions. The book covers how to take control of permissions via the Finder, with Mac utilities, and using the command line.
Take Control of Permissions in Snow Leopard
by Brian TanakaRead this book to learn the answers to questions like: Why do so many problem-solving sites suggest that I repair permissions? Why can't I always access my own files when I boot from an external drive? What should I do if someone tells me to "set the permissions to -rw-r--r--"? What are promiscuous permissions, and should I be informing the vice squad? What are access control lists (ACLs), and what's new about them in Snow Leopard? What are the default permissions for copied files? With the NetInfo database gone, how do I edit account settings such as numeric UID? How do I work with account groups from System Preferences?
Take Control of Photos
by Jason SnellTake control of your photo collection in Photos for Mojave and iOS 12!Get to know Apple's Photos app and how best to use it to import, manage, edit, and share your photos in Mojave and iOS 12! As the successor to Apple's iPhoto and Aperture apps, Photos has a more refined interface and deeper connections to iCloud, and it runs faster. Following the expert advice of Jason Snell, publisher of Six Colors and former lead editor at Macworld, you'll learn how to navigate Photos like a pro!This 156-page book replaces and more than doubles the length of Jason's previous book Photos: A Take Control Crash Course. It's now a full-length Take Control title with much more detail.In this book, you'll learn how to:Migrate your library from iPhoto or Aperture (Apple's discontinued professional photography app) into PhotosImport photos from devices or memory cardsUse multiple Photos librariesNavigate the Photos interface, including the sidebar and iconsView, edit, or disable Live PhotosOrganize your library by using enhanced search features, adding metadata, building albums, and creating smart albumsEdit your photos using quick fixes like cropping, applying filters, and fixing red-eye and rotation problemsUse advanced editing techniques within Photos and edit using external apps like PhotoshopManage your photo collection using the Memories and People features, and get summary viewsSync and share your photos with iCloudView your photos on an Apple TVShare your photos via social media, export them out of Photos, or turn them into slideshowsCreate printed objects (such as books and calendars) from your photos using third-party servicesJason also highlights changes in Photos under iOS 12, including searching for multiple items at once, a For You tab, and an updated Import tab; plus changes in Mojave, including new keyboard shortcuts and the removal of built-in features for making calendars, books, and other printed materials (and alternative means of obtaining them).This book, which is about the new versions of Photos that Apple released in September 2018, covers Photos for macOS version 4.0 in Mojave, as well as Photos in iOS 12 and tvOS 12.
Take Control of Photos
by Jason SnellThis book introduces you to the many features of Apple’s Photos app on Mac, iPad, and iPhone, with advice on navigating the interface, editing your images, searching your library like a pro, syncing with iCloud Photos, sharing photos with others, and creating photo books.
Take Control of Photos
by Jason SnellThis book introduces you to the many features of Apple’s Photos app on Mac, iPad, and iPhone, with advice on navigating the interface, editing your images, searching your library like a pro, syncing with iCloud Photos, sharing photos with others, and creating photo books.
Take Control of Photos
by Jason SnellThis book introduces you to the many features of Apple’s Photos app on Mac, iPad, and iPhone, with advice on navigating the interface, editing your images, searching your library like a pro, syncing with iCloud Photos, sharing photos with others, and creating photo books.
Take Control of Podcasting
by Andy AffleckStart podcasting or take your podcast to the next level with start-to-finish guidance from Andy Affleck. You'll learn tricks of the trade as you assemble your hardware and software, make recordings, edit and mix the audio, and encode and publish your shows. This book covers all the steps needed to make a podcast using a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Take Control of Podcasting
by Andy AffleckStart podcasting or take your podcast to the next level with start-to-finish guidance from Andy Affleck. You'll learn tricks of the trade as you assemble your hardware and software, make recordings, edit and mix the audio, and encode and publish your shows. This book covers all the steps needed to make a podcast using a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.
Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac
by Andy AffleckStart podcasting or take your podcast to the next level with start-to-finish guidance from Andy Affleck. You'll learn tricks of the trade as you assemble your hardware and software, make recordings, edit and mix the audio, and encode and publish your shows.
Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac
by Andy Williams AffleckThe ebook opens with a look at how to plan a podcast's topic, format, and polish. Then Andy focuses on choosing the right microphone and audio software, followed by step-by-step instructions for recording using Audio Hijack Pro, GarageBand, Sound Studio, WireTap Studio, and Ubercaster, with advice about conducting interviews by phone, iChat, and Skype. Once your audio is in the can, you'll learn how to use audio plug-ins to make the recording sound better, complete with downloadable sound files to supplement the text. You'll also find out how to edit out any awkward bits, plug in additional audio, and mix tracks. Finally, the ebook covers how to encode your podcast, add useful tags and chapters, find a publishing tool, and publish your podcast for the world to hear. Read this ebook to learn the answers to questions such as: What types of microphones are best for podcasting? Which software should I use to record and edit my podcast? How can I find and use audio plug-ins to improve my podcast's sound quality? What's the best way to conduct a podcast interview? Should I record directly into MP3 format or encode later? How do I remove weird pauses or other glitches from my recording? How do I smoothly add music to the start and end of my podcast? What should I watch out for when choosing an Internet host for my podcast? What tools are available for publishing podcasts? Where should I promote my podcast to attract the most listeners? Can anyone create a podcast and list it in the iTunes Store?
Take Control of Preview
by Josh Centers Adam EngstApple's Preview app is bundled with every Mac and yet many Mac users have only a shallow understanding of what it's capable of. Mac experts Adam Engst and Josh Centers have plumbed Preview's depths to create a cheerful, colorful book that explains dozens of techniques for importing, viewing, editing, and converting images in Preview. It also puts you in control of reading, annotating, manipulating, and encrypting PDFs.
Take Control of Preview
by Josh Centers Adam C EngstDiscover Preview's hidden features for editing images and manipulating PDFs!Apple bundles the Preview app with every Mac, but few people realize what it's capable of. The Mac experts behind TidBITS, Adam Engst and Josh Centers, have plumbed Preview's depths to create a cheerful, colorful book that explains dozens of techniques for importing, viewing, editing, and converting images in Preview. The book also puts you in control of reading, annotating, manipulating, and encrypting PDFs.Packed with real-world examples and tips, the book teaches you to bring files into Preview from a camera or scanner (or just from the Finder). Once you discover Preview's surprisingly capable collection of image-editing tools, you'll soon be editing imported photos by tweaking the exposure, color saturation, sharpness, and more. You can even mark up your images with circles, arrows, and text, plus numerous other shapes.In the second part of the book, Adam and Josh focus on PDFs in Preview, describing how to configure Preview to make reading PDFs as fluid as possible. Since so many paper forms now come in PDF, the book shows you how to fill out PDF-based forms, complete with quick insertion of your digital signature. Those who read digital textbooks or who collaborate on documents will learn to annotate PDFs with highlights, notes, and bookmarks. You'll even learn how to create PDFs from a scanner, the clipboard, and the Print dialog. Finally, Adam and Josh cover the two types of passwords you can use to protect your PDFs, explaining what each is good for.Preview is a veritable Swiss Army Knife -- don't miss out on the many ways it can make your life easier!Did you know that you can do all these things in Preview?Import photos from your iPhone.Scan paper-based documents and images.Add a scanned page to an existing PDF.Take a screenshot that includes the pointer.Open hundreds of images in a single window.Trash unwanted images with a keystroke.Duplicate, rename, and move images without leaving Preview.Play a manually arranged slideshow of images or PDF pages.Create a PDF-based image catalog.Resize and change the resolution of images.Crop out undesirable content.Mark up screenshots with shapes and text labels.Magnify a portion of an image with a loupe.Add text captions and speech bubbles to photos.Tweak the white point and black point in photos.Make photos sepia or black-and-white.Edit a photo while comparing it to its original version.Export to any one of 19 formats.Create basic animated GIFs.Put thumbnails, table of contents, notes, or bookmarks in your sidebar.View search results by rank or page order.Copy text and images from a PDF.Highlight text just like you would in a college textbook.Add notes to highlighted text and as freestanding objects.Review notes in the sidebar or Annotations inspector.Create bookmarks to pages you want to revisit quickly.Annotate a PDF with customizable shapes and arrows.Fill in PDF forms, whether or not they're interactive.Create and insert a digital version of your signature into PDF forms.Add, remove, and rearrange pages in a PDF.Rotate PDF pages that were scanned at the wrong orientation.Encrypt PDFs so they can't be opened, edited, printed, or copied from.
Take Control of Preview
by Adam Engst Josh CentersApple's Preview app is bundled with every Mac and yet many Mac users have only a shallow understanding of what it's capable of. Mac experts Adam Engst and Josh Centers have plumbed Preview's depths to create a cheerful, colorful book that explains dozens of techniques for importing, viewing, editing, and converting images in Preview. It also puts you in control of reading, annotating, manipulating, and encrypting PDFs.
Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '08
by Jeff TolbertThis book explains how to use GarageBand '08 to create musical compositions with vocals, drums, guitars, MIDI keyboards, and even the kitchen sink! Seattle musician Jeff Tolbert shares his GarageBand know-how and years of recording experience to help you get the most out of your existing gear or purchase new equipment that fits your budget and style. You'll find real-world recording studio techniques, learn how to use a microphone effectively, and discover how to apply effects like a pro. Clear steps and practical advice help you plan a recording session, record multiple tracks at once, and fix mistakes easily. Two example songs demonstrate many of the techniques discussed. Bonus! Linked-in audio lets you listen to examples while you read about them and an eight-page glossary covers many recording-related terms. Remember us when you're famous!Questions you'll find answers to include:How do I best record a vocalist?How do I use the new multi-take recording option?How do I use the new Visual EQ effect?How can I change an effect over time in a track? What should I know about punching in on a Real Instrument track?
Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '09
by Jeff TolbertThis book explains how to use GarageBand '09 to create musical compositions with vocals, drums, guitars, MIDI keyboards, and even the kitchen sink! Seattle composer Jeff Tolbert shares his GarageBand know-how and years of recording experience to help you get the most out of your existing gear or purchase new equipment that fits your budget and style. You'll find out how to plan a recording session, and you'll learn real-world recording studio techniques, such as using a microphone effectively, getting the best sounds from your gear, applying effects like a pro, using the new Electric Guitar track and the new stompbox effects, recording multiple tracks at once, and fixing mistakes easily. Two example songs demonstrate many of the techniques discussed. Bonus! Linked-in audio lets you listen to examples while you read about them, and a glossary covers many recording-related terms. Remember us when you're famous!Questions you'll find answers to include: How do Real Instrument and Software Instrument tracks differ? How can I make my GarageBand recordings sound less lame? How do I best record a vocalist? How do I use the multi-take recording option? I don't have an electric guitar. Can I still use the new Electric Guitar track? How do I use the new stompbox effects and how are they different from the old GarageBand effects? How can I change an effect over time in a track? What should I know about punching in?
Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '11
by Jeff TolbertThis book explains how to use GarageBand '11 to create musical compositions with vocals, drums, guitars, MIDI keyboards, and even the kitchen sink! Seattle composer Jeff Tolbert shares his GarageBand know-how and years of recording experience to help you get the most out of your existing gear or purchase new equipment that fits your budget and style. You'll find out how to plan a recording session, and you'll learn real-world recording studio techniques, such as using a microphone effectively, getting the best sounds from your gear, applying effects like a pro with the 12 GarageBand amps (including 7 new ones!) and the greatly expanded selection of stompbox effects, recording multiple tracks at once, and using Flex Time and Groove Matching to fix mistakes easily. Two example songs demonstrate many of the techniques discussed.Bonus! Linked-in audio lets you listen to examples while you read about them—and, new with this edition, you can follow links to download the project files for them. Remember us when you're famous!Questions answered in the book include: My GarageBand recordings sound lame. Can I even make a decent-sounding recording with this program?How do Real Instrument and Software Instrument tracks differ?How do I best record a vocalist?How do I use the multi-take recording option?I don't have an electric guitar. Can I still use the Electric Guitar track?How can I fix up a good but sloppy performance?What are the differences between the many GarageBand amps?How do I use the stompbox effects?How can I change an effect over time in a track? What should I know about punching in?
Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac
by Joe KissellYou'll also learn how to make Windows run smoothly on your Mac, with practical advice on how to integrate Windows windows with the Finder, share files between Windows and Mac OS X, run anti-malware software, print from Windows, and back up Windows data. The ebook comes with a coupon for $10 off on VMware Fusion 3. You'll find answers to questions like: What are 13 things that you can do in Windows, but not on the Mac? How can I get a copy of Windows that will work on a Mac? How can I set things up so that Windows won't bog down? How should I handle partitioning for my Windows installation? How do I avoid and handle activation hassles? What's the best way to right-click in Windows? How do I make my Bluetooth devices work in Windows? What is FAT32, and why might it matter to me? What are the coolest new features in Parallels Desktop 6? Is VirtualBox 4 a serious contender in the world of virtualization?
Take Control of Safari 4
by Sharon ZardettoRead this book to learn answers to questions like these: How do I load six Web pages at once?Now that I've loaded six pages, how do I best work with them?What are all the keyboard shortcuts for working with tabs?How do I bookmark a page I want to return to?How do I import Firefox bookmarks?I have 1,042 bookmarks. Is there a sensible way to search or organize them?What are the default keyboard shortcuts for the bookmarks bar?Can I search for text on the currently active Web page?How do I erase my history to prevent someone snooping through it?Where does Safari store Web site user names and passwords?Help! However Safari stored my password, it doesn't work any more!How do I use Safari to read RSS headlines from different sites?How do I "snip" a Web page to make it into a Dashboard widget?