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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:52 AM Original message |
AP - Flaw found in Adobe Acrobat PDF format |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Huh??---what can you use if NOT Acobat? |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There are a lot of options... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thank you verymuch. I am not familiar with it but I will check it out. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Link message: Forbidden - You don't have permission to access/pdf/on this server |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sorry, my bad.. |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Hi SayWhatYo!! |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. IMO, anything would be preferable to PDF. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Download the files you expect to use more than once. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Unfortunately, the files change on very regular basis. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. There are lots of jiffy little free .pdf viewers. |
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leQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. i use safari on the mac, and it reads pdf files inline. however, you can't enlarge |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. control +scrollwheel is your friend |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. what about the flaw that has been part of Acrobat for years... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. PDF = Painful Document Format |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That's abobe's reader... |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I disagree. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Maybe Mac's handle pdf's differently (or memory in general) |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Are you sure you're not viewing those PDFS with "Preview"? |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. yup... |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yes, that's happening on my husband's computer. WTF??? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. (It's Reader. I've had the same difficulties on WIndows/XP.) |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-05-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Actually, I use an old version of Acrobat. |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. That's okay, by the time the pdf plugin actually starts I've already |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That applies to pretty much any overly baroque Web link ... nt |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Seems this page gives details for Firefox users |
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The Witch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. I could tell ya 'bout a halfdozen flaws |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Every version of Acrobat has sucked for several years now |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Adobe's acrobat reader for Linux is total crap |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. One of many PDF and SWF flaws -- many are worse |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-04-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thank you for this important information about Adobe Acrobat. n/t |
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