[WEB4LIB] Adobe mysteries

[Dan Lester]

Friday, February 01, 2002, 5:57:18 PM, you wrote:

SP> I am just starting to use Acrobat files and I have two questions: 

SP> 1) Why do files created in Acrobat 4 and 5 look so crummy in the 
SP> Acrobat v.3 reader?  Is there any way to 'fix' this?  (I can't 
SP> control the version someone is using on their home computer, and 
SP> there are a lot of people who haven't upgraded from v.3).

Pages created in Acrobat 4 and 5 can be saved as Acrobat 3.  That is
what works for us.  You can also put a link on your pages recommending
(or even requiring) that the users upgrade.  It is a free one, of
course.

Be glad that they're even viewable.  Lots of files created in newer
versions of many programs aren't viewable at all in older versions.
Think Word and many others.  Fortunately, most of those also allow you
to save the file in an older format.

SP> When we went in and instead chose to export the full document to
SP> a new file, the file size was correct.  My best guess was that 
SP> Acrobat saved the deleted pages in a section of the file that 
SP> contains revision history so you can 'undelete' it.  But I have 
SP> no evidence of that.  It's just a wild guess.

SP> Anyone know what caused that?

Your theory makes sense.  But not being an Acrobat guru, I'm not sure.
I'll bet you'd get a quick answer on an Acrobat list.

cheers

dan

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