Help: Opening and Creating PDF Files

PDFpenPro is a document-based application. With it you can open existing PDF documents and create new ones.

Opening an Existing PDF

1. Choose File > Open (Command+O).
2. Find the PDF you want to open, select it and click Open.

You can also drag a PDF's file icon and drop it on the PDFpenPro icon in the Dock to open it.

To re-open a recently opened document, choose File > Open Recent and select from the list.

Creating a New One Page Document

1. Choose File > New > One Page Document from the menu. (Command+N).
2. Begin to edit your new page.
3. Choose File > Save, give the PDF a name and click Save.

Creating a New Blank PDF

1. Choose File > New > Blank Document from the menu.
2. Insert a page into the PDF by choosing Edit > Insert Blank Page (Command+Option+B), or drag a page thumbnail from an open PDF and drop it in.
3. Choose File > Save, give the PDF a name and click Save.

Creating a New PDF from Pages of an Existing PDF

1. Open an existing PDF file.
2. In the Sidebar, select the thumbnails of the pages you want to include in the new PDF.
3. Choose File > New > From Selection (Command+Shift+N). A new PDF file is created from the pages you selected.

Creating a New PDF from a Section of a Page of an Existing PDF

For when you want to create a PDF containing only a specific portion of an existing PDF page.

1. Open an existing PDF.
2. Navigate to the portion of the page you want in a new document.
3. From the toolbar, select the Select Rectangle tool . Position your mouse, and drag over the area you want as a new PDF.
4. Choose File > New > From Selection. A new PDF file is created from the portion of the page you selected.

For information on opening a document stored in iCloud see iCloud.