Thanks Christiaan for your help.

So the only way to "really" crop the file would be to export the images,
crop them externally, create a new pdf and redo the OCR. :-(

Could there be a way to "exchange" an image embedded in a pdf?

Martin

> Von: Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
> Antworten an: For general discussion about using Skim
> <[email protected]>
> Datum: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:43:47 +0100
> An: For general discussion about using Skim
> <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: [Skim-app-users] Crop pdf permanently to reduce file space?
> 
>> 
>> But could there be a way to do that without (manually) exporting the image
>> to an external file, cropping there and importing it at the "same" position
>> in the cropbox, so that there is no offset regarding the OCR layer?
>> 
> 
> No.
> 
>> Most of those pdfs do not contain Skim notes yet.
>> If they do, I understand that cropping them without Skim knowing about it
>> creates a problem, because the notes seem to be placed with x/y coordinates
>> referring to the original page size.
>> 
> 
> That's correct.
> 
>> @Jeff:
>> I tried that (printing to a pdf), and
>> yes, then I can't display the original whole pages in Skim or Preview any
>> more (by selecting media frame)
>> but no, the file size did not change at all. :-(

> 
> That's doing the same as saving with a crop, except that it also changes the
> media box.
> 
> Christiaan
> 
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