Posted by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 6:05pm
Msg #170909

grrr! Adobe 8

I upgraded to ado 8 after removing all old ones... from PAW's website
it comes up now all greek instead of only one line being greek

HELP!!!!
tia

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/15/07 6:36pm
Msg #170913

What comes up "greek"? Maybe the package you're trying to read is corrupted? I have had that happen - it had nothing to do with Adobe 8.

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 6:38pm
Msg #170916

The pdf file I am trying to read and work with. I had a prev version and it said it needed an upgraded ver and I just had not gotten around to upgrading as I had no prbs... but now its a HUGE prb. How does one tell if the file is corrupted?
thx

Reply by PAW on 1/15/07 6:55pm
Msg #170920

Open up another PDF file. (Here's a little 3 pager, two pages of legal, one letter size. http://pawnotary.com/download/testfeed.pdf)

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 7:02pm
Msg #170922

THX PAW. this showed perfect. When I first tried to open theirs it said higher vers so i upgraded. Now it says diff version... I thought you could have a higher version and it would be fine opening a lower version?

Reply by PAW on 1/15/07 7:26pm
Msg #170924

If the file is corrupted, the Reader 'assumes' that the reason it can't open it is because a higher version may be required. This is often the case, especially when documents are created with a version 5 (or higher) PDF maker and opened with version 4.

Reader v8 can read all previous versions of the a file, if the file is not corrupted. That's where I think the problem lies. Your file is corrupted. (It only takes the first 256 bytes to be corrupted for the Reader to go haywire.)

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 7:28pm
Msg #170925

thx PAW n/m

Reply by Ndwa on 1/15/07 6:39pm
Msg #170917

Save the file to your desktop/computer then open from there. The greek stuff is commonly resulted from opening the file directly through an internet browser or other source.

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 6:55pm
Msg #170921

I cannot as it is a link that takes you to a blind link on their website.... i had tried to see if I could do that option....

Reply by MichiganAl on 1/15/07 9:11pm
Msg #170949

Zee, once you go to the link on their website, you should be able to right click and save to desktop. Also, I've found that just turning off your printer and computer and restarting it all sometimes clears the gibberish.

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 9:23pm
Msg #170954

seriously you cannot, it is a hidden link from an email

that takes you to the website link and auto opens it... nothing shows of anything you can change or go to....I tried putting the link in the URL and it does the same thing

i have a call into their tech... I wanted to make sure it was not my end....

Reply by MichiganAl on 1/15/07 9:58pm
Msg #170976

How about this:

When it opens up, go up to your menu and select "file" then go to "save a copy." Then save it to your desktop or in your documents folder.

The other thing is that I always make sure my files don't open in browser. It has caused me lots of trouble in the past. You can go to "edit" then "preferences" then "Internet" to turn it off. Just a few thoughts.

Reply by Sharon Taylor on 1/16/07 12:18am
Msg #171012

Uncover a "hidden" link by

right clicking on the link wording (i.e., "Click Here" or "Download Documents here" or something like that) and selecting "Copy Shortcut". Bring up a Word document and paste the copy into it. The pasted text will be the actual website link, not the shortcut wording. Now you can copy the extended URL text and paste it into your browser window. Sometimes that works better than trying to connect by clicking on the shortcut wording in the email.

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/15/07 11:23pm
Msg #171006

ok it is corrupt, the message now says it is thx all 4 help n/m

Reply by Bryan Lee on 1/16/07 1:08am
Msg #171025

Re: ok it is corrupt, the message now says it is thx all 4

Try foxit reader 2.0,

Reply by ZeeCA on 1/16/07 1:21am
Msg #171028

thx! n/m