I have been trying to annotate a PDF document in Preview. I'm
reconciling my bank statement and I "strikethrough" each entry as I go along. Since updating to Tahoe 26.0.1, it will not let me do it. Anyone
else come across this problem?
On 2025-10-17, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I have been trying to annotate a PDF document in Preview. I'm
reconciling my bank statement and I "strikethrough" each entry as I go
along. Since updating to Tahoe 26.0.1, it will not let me do it. Anyone
else come across this problem?
No problem here. I selected a line of text by dragging over it using
the touchpad on my MBP, then Tools -> Annotate -> Strike Through Text
On 17/10/2025 16:03, Alan B wrote:
On 2025-10-17, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I have been trying to annotate a PDF document in Preview. I'm
reconciling my bank statement and I "strikethrough" each entry as I go
along. Since updating to Tahoe 26.0.1, it will not let me do it. Anyone
else come across this problem?
No problem here. I selected a line of text by dragging over it using
the touchpad on my MBP, then Tools -> Annotate -> Strike Through Text
Further trials show it happens with PDFs from one particular
organisation (TSB) that I've never had problems with before.
Experimented with a statement from earlier that I had already reconciled
and it won't work now.
Tried some PDFs from some other sources and it works fine. I am now
totally confused!
On 17/10/2025 17:00, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 17/10/2025 16:03, Alan B wrote:
On 2025-10-17, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I have been trying to annotate a PDF document in Preview. I'm
reconciling my bank statement and I "strikethrough" each entry as I go >>>> along. Since updating to Tahoe 26.0.1, it will not let me do it. Anyone >>>> else come across this problem?
No problem here. I selected a line of text by dragging over it using
the touchpad on my MBP, then Tools -> Annotate -> Strike Through Text
Further trials show it happens with PDFs from one particular
organisation (TSB) that I've never had problems with before.
Experimented with a statement from earlier that I had already reconciled
and it won't work now.
Tried some PDFs from some other sources and it works fine. I am now
totally confused!
That sounds like Apple now respecting some metadata in the PDF (i.e. if TSB doesn't want the file changing in any way).
Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 17/10/2025 17:00, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 17/10/2025 16:03, Alan B wrote:
On 2025-10-17, Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I have been trying to annotate a PDF document in Preview. I'm
reconciling my bank statement and I "strikethrough" each entry as I go >>>>> along. Since updating to Tahoe 26.0.1, it will not let me do it. Anyone >>>>> else come across this problem?
No problem here. I selected a line of text by dragging over it using
the touchpad on my MBP, then Tools -> Annotate -> Strike Through Text
Further trials show it happens with PDFs from one particular
organisation (TSB) that I've never had problems with before.
Experimented with a statement from earlier that I had already reconciled >>> and it won't work now.
Tried some PDFs from some other sources and it works fine. I am now
totally confused!
That sounds like Apple now respecting some metadata in the PDF (i.e. if TSB >> doesn't want the file changing in any way).
I wonder if some 3rd party app such as ExifTool could help here?
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