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Skim for Mac

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Skim 0.4

  -  1.51 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    Skim 1.7.2

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Skim Team / External Link

  • Filename

    Skim-0.4.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    70ba814fe22d288ffb146f136f15c71c

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Skim 0.4.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Skim for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

New Features
- Add a menu item in the Help menu to visit the web site.
- Add single-character shortcuts to change the note style in note mode (t, n, c, b, h, u, s, a).
- Fix PDFSync support to work with file names containing spaces.
- Add hidden default for activation of navigation buttons in presentation mode (SKActivatePresentationNavigationAtBottom).
- Start search using the find panel at the current page when there is no selection.
- Wrap selection using the find panel.
- Add support for apple remote control. It can be disabled through the hidden default SKEnableAppleRemote.
- Hidden defaults for line ending style of arrows (SKArrowNoteStartLineStyle, SKArrowNoteEndLineStyle).
- Hidden pref option for reading missing notes from separate .skim file (SKReadMissingNotesFromSkimFileOption).
- You can now open the corresponding PDF from a Skim Notes document.
- Skim can now read TIFF images from the clipboard.
- New select tool. Allows you to copy PDF and TIFF images from a section of a page.
- You can now search Skim note files from Spotlight.
- New Crop menu items and toolbar button.
- Cropping and page rotation are now undoable.
- Allow reverting a document when it has changed on disk.
- New menu item to set the selection from the content of the page.
- Hidden defaults for automatic crop box margins (SKAutoCropBoxMarginWidth, SKAutoCropBoxMarginHeight).
- New Zoom To Selection menu item and toolbar button.
- New preference option to open files fit to the PDF.
- You can now join markup highlights using shift-click, or by selecting a highlight before adding a new one.
- You can now supply templates for text export of notes. See the wiki for more information.

Bugs Fixed
- Fix links in help.
- Don't create a new note in note tool mode on mousedown outside a page.
- Don't add new resizable notes in note tool mode when just clicking.
- You can now access links that are "hidden" by transparent highlights and arrows.
- Scroll reading bar to visible when it is shown.
- Scroll to previous position on page when reloading PDF.
- Escape spaces in TeX editor command.
- Thumbnails now use the current display box.
- Retry automatic reloading of files changed on disk a few times.

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