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Preview is Mac OS X's application for displaying images and Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. Like OS X itself, it comes from NeXT's OPENSTEP operating system.

Preview will open and export most image file formats, as well as PDF and PostScript. It includes a slideshow mode for full-screen viewing.

Preview employs Apple's implementation of Adobe's PDF specification, and heavily uses Apple's Cocoa graphical user interface, Quartz graphics layer, and QuickTime image codec.

External links

[Apple - Mac OS X - PDF]
[AppleInsider review] from 2003
MacProNews article: [PDF and Panther: The Hidden Role of PDF in Mac OS X 10.3] from July 2004
Sams Publishing [sample chapter on Preview] from Mac OS X Panther Applications and Utilities. Includes some instructions for use, with screenshots.
Technophile article: [Preview is missing an important function in OS X]
PDFzone.com editorial: [Calling out Apple on Panther PDFs]

Mac OS X
Applications
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Developer
AU Lab · CHUD Tools · Core Image Fun House · FileMerge · Help Indexer · Icon Composer · Interface Builder · PackageMaker · Pixie · Property List Editor · Quartz Composer · Repeat After Me · USB Prober · Xcode
Mac OS X Server
AppleShare IP Migration · Fibre Channel Utility · Gateway Setup Assistant · Open Directory · MySQL Manager · QuickTime Broadcaster · QuickTime Streaming Server · RAID Admin · Server Admin · Workgroup Manager · Xgrid
Technology
AppleScript · Aqua · Audio Units · Bonjour · Boot Camp · Carbon · Cocoa · Core Audio · Core Data · Core Image · Core Video · Darwin · Exposé · Keychain · OpenGL · plist · Quartz · QuickTime · Rosetta · Smart folder · Spotlight · WebKit · XNU

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