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[doogalman]

Why when i try to open a pdf file, why do i get a screen full of what looks like it came from a wall in an egyptian tomb.
Am given an option to change the encription, but no joy.
Can anyone offer any tips?

Doogalman

[Edited on 6-3-2005 by doogalman]

if u are trying to open the pdf from a web page then right click and save it to your pc first, then open it ...

[doogalman]

Thanks Dibble.
I will give it a try.

Doogalman

[doogalman]

Nope! that didn't work. Any other ideas???? Bearing in mind that computers were invented 2000 years beyond my understanding of how they work.

Doogalman

[NBs996]

What version of Acrobat are you using?
It may be that you have an old version?

[doogalman]

Sorry mate. Not a clue. As said computers are not my forte. Thought that there may have been something simple that i was missing. Will try and find out.

Doogalman

[NBs996]

Open Adobe Reader program and it should display the version as it fires up. If not, on the HELP pull-down menu click "About Adobe Reader" and it'll tell you.

Version 6.0 or higher should read all pdf files just fine.
You can download the latest version here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Or maybe the file you're trying to open is knackered! Get someone else to try opening it to see if it's ok.

[rjc_S4R]

Sounds like it may not actually be a pdf, but has been named wrongly with .pdf as its extension.

If you try saving it and then opening it in notepad, if it's a pdf then the first line should start something like this: %PDF-1.4

[JPM]

As has been said is it actually a PDF?

Do you have acrobat reader associated with PDF file types?

[Totto]

What are you opening ,if its poss tell us & we will check for you