This is probably FAQ #1 for OS X. Select a screenshot you've just taken. Select Get Info from the File menu. In the Open With area, change the App from Adobe Reader to Preview. Then click the Change All button. The next time you take a screenshot, the resulting PDF should have a Preview icon. Eddie Hargreaves On 10/27/04 5:24 PM, Robert (Bob) P Andris <bobandris at comcast.net> wrote: > Was wondering if you can change the "pdf" prefences for the > ctrl-shift-4 screen shots. Right now the pictures are saved as Adobe > Reader pdfs and I would like to switch to Apple "Preview" pdfs. > Can't find a place to change the owners for the automatic generation > of the files. Of course I can do it after the fact - but that does > get old! Anyone know how?