How To Add Screenshots To The PDF On MAC?

Hoping to add a screenshot on a PDF at the last minute? The pain is real and we get it. Very often we work on several presentations and hope that PDF brings out the best format we intend to present. But it also happens to make it difficult for us to add an image to the PDF. Surely when the clocks tick, we don’t have much to do but create another one adding the final addition. Is that so?

To get you out of trouble of adding Screenshots to PDF while using a MAC, we have curated this amazing article. We hope that you blend in just right and our article would keep you intact with your work. So do not forget to follow our article till very end and learn how to add screenshots to the PDF on MAC.

What are PDFs?

A screenshot is a picture of the current display of the operating system. It captures the exact thing without any moderation. It is saved on your PC like an image.

PDF ( Portable Document Format) is a file format that was developed to present documents with image and text formatting. PDF gives people easy and reliable access to present and share or exchange their documents.  

How to add an image or screenshot to a PDF on MAC?

By default, none can copy the image/screenshot to the PDF. Even though it is not so quick and easy process to add an image or a screenshot to a PDF, here is the tricky way to do this with the help of the Preview App. This unconventional way is with few limitations. But, still one can perform without any difficulty.

• The first step is to open the folder with Preview. For that, we should –
• Open the screenshot folder ( that you want to add ) in Finder.
• Now Right-click on that screenshot to open it with Preview in the menu.

• Press the’ Command’ key along with ‘A’ for selecting the image/screenshot.

• Copy the whole screenshot by holding ‘Command’ and ‘C’ together.

• Hold ‘Command + V’ to paste the screenshot.
• And make sure that this new screenshot covers the original one.
• Now the pasted one becomes an object which can be pasted into PDF after coping.
• Copy the ‘Object screenshot’ by following the 3rd point which was mentioned above.
• Now close the original screenshot file.
• Find the target PDF where you want to make a change in the finder.
• Right-click on that PDF.
• Open it with ‘Preview’ in the menu.

• Here, scroll down to the target place of the PDF where you link to add the screenshot.
• Press ‘Command + V’ for pasting the previously copied image.

Before we dive right into the conclusion, it is better that we help you take screenshots on your MAC for an instance.

How to take Screenshot on your MAC?

In MAC, we can take the screenshot in many ways of the different-different part of the screen.

To take a screenshot of the full screen:

Make sure that when you take a Screenshot for fullscreen you avoid the windows that you don’t want to be visible.

1. Hold ‘Shift’, ‘Command’, and ‘3’ keys together at the same time.
2. The screenshot is captured now.
3. When the thumbnail pop-up box will appear in the corner, then either you can click on it for editing or wait to save it on your desktop.

To take screenshot of a portion of your screen:

1. Press ‘4’ concurrently with the ‘Shift’ and ‘Command’ keys.
2. Select the area by dragging the ‘Crosshair’ cursor for capturing the screenshot.
3. If you like to move the area, hold the ‘Space bar’ in time of dragging.
4. Now release the button of the mouse and trackpad to click the Screenshot.
5. Press the ‘Esc’ key (Escape key) if and only if you want to cancel the taking the screenshot.
6. When the thumbnail pop-up box will appear in the corner, then either you can click on it for editing or wait to save it on your desktop.

To take screenshot of a window or menu:

1. At 1^st open that window of which you want to take a screenshot.
2. At the same instant, press the ‘Space bar’ along with ‘Shift’, ‘Command’, and ‘4’ keys.
3. It will be noticed that the pointer turns into the camera icon.
4. Click on Window or menu to capture it.
5. Press the ‘Esc’ key (Escape key) if and only if you want to cancel the taking the screenshot.
6. When the thumbnail pop-up box will appear in the corner, then either you can click on it for editing or wait to save it on your desktop.

Also remember:

• If you want to get shadow free screenshot then hold ‘Option key’ for a while.
• By default, in MAC, all screenshots are saved on the desktop in PNG format with the reference of time and date.

If you are interested in knowing how to change the screenshot format permanently then we have given you a glimpse.

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

We hope that our article helped you add Screenshots in PDF. The last-minute savers are right here. Do not forget, that DeviceBugg is always here to present the best and most accurate information. If you have any queries relating to MAC or other consoles, do not worry. Just dive in and let us know. Hopefully, you have got enough information on editing and adding images on PDFs today. Till next time, kudos!