My indd file is 201x40 inches with a 1.5 inch slug. When I export to pdf I get this message, "The document page size exceeds the page size range supported in PDF files. Exported pages will be resized to fit within PDF limits."
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Is there a page size limit when exporting a pdf from InDesign?
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converting PDF to grayscale
I am using Adobe CS 3, Acrobat 8 Professional, on Mac OS 10.4.11
I am trying to convert a full color PDF document to grayscale. I tried to click Advanced > Print Production > Convert Colors and then Grayscale, but it is not working.
I tried clicking Print and then choosing a PDF option, but it is taking unreasonably long and not finishing.
So how can I convert it to grayscale?
I am trying to convert a full color PDF document to grayscale. I tried to click Advanced > Print Production > Convert Colors and then Grayscale, but it is not working.
I tried clicking Print and then choosing a PDF option, but it is taking unreasonably long and not finishing.
So how can I convert it to grayscale?
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OCR renderable text error
someone was having the problem below with an older version of acrobat.
is there now a solution in acrobat mac x?
i note that exporting to image file loses quality and increases file size
thanks
Well, since this is the digital age, it makes sense that I ought to read the PDFs in digital form (this is a stretch for me, I really like paper), which is facilitated by a tablet since I can actually see the page when it’s in the portrait configuration. It also makes sense that I ought to mark up the file in Acrobat, using the native highlighting and searching tools, which is also facilitated by the tablet for obvious reasons.
Here’s the problem. Apparently *every* PDF file, in every digital library, is tagged with headers, or footers, or bates numbers, or some other tag that halts the OCR recognition of the PDF file. If you google “This page contains renderable text”, you’ll see that this has been a complaint since Acrobat 6 at least. So you can’t just OCR the document and get a nice, mark-up-able document.
Now, I know what you’re thinking. There has to be a workaround, right? Of course, there is. You can manually remove the headers and try again. Oh, now there’s a footer; you can take that out too (manually) and try again. Oh, now there’s a bates number, okay, take that out too. There’s STILL some renderable text in there somewhere, well, now you can either try and edit out the blocks of renderable text (again, manually, made more entertaining by the fact that you can’t just right click on the page and say “remove renderable text”), or you can export the entire document to a graphics file (say, a TIFF), re-convert it to a PDF file (which turns the entire document into a rasterized image), and THEN run the OCR tool to get an actual mark-up-able document. This process is made more enjoyable by the fact that Acrobat will turn that 300 page dissertation you’re reading as part of your research into 300 distinct TIFF files, which you then need to recombine into a PDF file. Multiply this by 100, and you’ll see what sort of a barrier to productivity this is for me to get started organizing my existing document collection.
This is CLOSE TO THE DUMBEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. And I’ve seen a LOT of bad design. Rather than prompting me “This document has renderable text” and giving me “Cancel” as the only option, any feature-driven developer would say, “Gosh, people get really frustrated by this. I know, because I can read the results of a simple google search. We need to change this right away! Here, I’ll make it so that you can just click ‘Treat existing renderable text as white space’ or even prompt the user to rasterize the renderable text and embed it in the document, then OCR the resulting file!”
The only conceivable reason I can imagine that this hasn’t taken place is because your lovable electronic document vendor wants to make it a colossally, enormously painful process for someone to actually do anything to the document they’re providing you to use. Thank you, electronic document vendor. You’re going to be wasting about 20% of the time that you’re saving me by giving me electronic access to this document in the first place.
Progress is grand. Collide it with self-interest, progress seems to lose out more often than not.
Now, if you’ll pardon me, I’m going to go get some sleep. Then I’m going to get up in the morning and go to work. Then I’m going to come home, and instead of enjoying some family time with my kids, I’m going to fart around with manual document conversion.
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Align Text In Acrobat 9 Pro
Hi,
Hope you can help. I just got Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. I figured out how to edit text in a PDF, but when I do it does not keep the text centered.
How can I center text?
Thanks.
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Text gets hidden on PDF form
I have created a PDF form with Acrobat Pro 9 and saved it as a form extending its features to Reader.
When I open the form with Reader 9 it allows me to fill in the fields but I can only see text in the field I am clicked on. Any previous fields I have typed text into is hidden (invisible) as soon as I click on another field.
I tried selecting all the fields and changing the background to a random color and then back to a non-colour and saving that form. When I opend it in Reader I was able to see all the text that I input and I though it was fixed. But when you close the file and save it and then reopen it, all the text is hidden again until you click on each field to be able to see it.
Does anyone know what's going on?
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Create a PDF form to allow users to upload an image in Adobe Reader?
Heres my MAC workflow.
CS4 Indesign > Acrobat Pro 9 >
Forms > Add Edit Form Fields
then I create a button. (where I want the image placed)
Options > Icon Only, Push
Action > Run Javascript
event.target.buttonImportIcon();
Extend features for Reader.
But no joy.
The image will upload in Pro
But I get an Error in reader
NotAllowedError: Security Settings prevent access to this property.
Really, it seem like an image upload would be such a standard requirement?
anyway how can I make this happen?
or if I am fighting a losing battle, tell me to quit wasting my time.
Small company, an enterprising solution is not in the budget.
Thanks!
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Expiration date on PDF password.
Hello, everyone.
I would like to set-up an expiration date and/or time on a password assigned to a document to limit access to it.
Is there a way (simple, hopefully) to do this ?
Thanks in advance.
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How do I create a PDF in landscape orientation?
Sorry for the noob question, but I can't figure out how to do this and my searches on the web aren't coming up with the right answer. I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro, thanks.
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PDF: Can I re-align text?
I have a pdf (NOT the original document). At the top of each page is a headline that's centered. My client wants me to add on a few words to these headlines. However, when I do this, the text just adds to the right. I can't see where to re-align the text so it's once again centered. Or at least get them all left-justified. Any ideas?
I thought about deleting the headline and creating a new header... but I can't even figure out how to add in text (other than on the original line). I looked it up online and found something about the Text Annotation tool... but I can't find it in version 9. Would that be an option? Or is that just an editing tool?
And yes, I know Acrobat is not an editing program. But I don't have much choice in this situation, as there is no original document.
Thanks.
Julie
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Need to sign a W9 form
Got a W9 tax form to complete. I was able to highlight all the fields with the Highlight Fields button. I believe I have created a proper signature under Advanced=Security Settings. When I click on Advanced=Sign & Certify, I only am able to "Preview" the document. What am I doing wrong? Using v. 8.1.6
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Cannot find or create the font ArialMT
Just recently I started getting the message when opening pdf files containing ArialMT (typically by PC users) (I am using a Mac obviously and Acrobat 9.3.3):
Cannot find or create the font ArialMT. Some characters may not display or print correctly.
I've looked around in the forums and no one else has had this problem answered. Can't find anything else on the subject that pertains to how to fix it on a Mac, only on a PC using coding.
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Changing the Font Size of a Text Box in Acrobat 9 Pro
Acrobat 9 Pro
Mac 10.6
Text Box
How does one change the font size after the text has been entered into the text box.
The Properties Bar is no help. It appears to have NOTHING to do with the font type or size.
Has this "feature" been removed from Acrobat 9 Pro???
Thanks,
John Orban
The Country School
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Resizing a Page in Acrobat Pro
I had to crop approximately 100 pages due to crop marks being included in the original PDF file. Is there a way to now get these pages (in a variety of page sizes, all smaller than letter size) resized to be on a letter sized page?
I've tried recroping the same pages back to the letter size I'm looking for, but it remembers the crop marks.
I'm not trying to enlarge anything, just center the existing page on a letter size page.
Thanks,
Peter
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Darkening .pdf pages
I scanned 7 pages of a document as a .pdf file but it resulted in an almost unreadable product...too light. Is there a way to darken text? I'm on a Mac OSX.
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Make Stamp with Transparent Background
How does one create a stamp in Acrobat with a transparent background, so it can be stamped over a document and can still see what's in the background?
Thx
Larry
Thx
Larry
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Initial View in a PDF Portfolio
I have just started using the new portfolio feature, I have four forms that I've combined. I am using the Grid with Preview option to layout the files. When I open the portfolio it always opens to the same page in the second form, how do I change it to open to the first page of the first form?
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Changing the measuring tool units and measurements
Hi,
When reading the PDF in Acrobat 9 Pro, how can I change the measurement units from inches to metric when using the measuring tool?
I have already been to Preferences and changed in Units and Guides the Page and Rules Units to millimeters but then, although the rulers do change to mm, the measuring tool (the red lines) still read in inches...I have also made sure the Measuring (2D) preferences show the 'Use Scale and Units from Documents' is checked.
Does anyone kow how I could get the measuring tool to give me the dimensions in metrics?
It would be truly great if anyone could clarify this. Thank you so much!
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How do I create a PDF in landscape orientation?
Sorry for the noob question, but I can't figure out how to do this and my searches on the web aren't coming up with the right answer. I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro, thanks.
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There was a RAISE without a handler. The application will now exit/
Can someone help me figure this out, I can open Acrobat and run it for about 5 seconds, then this message pops up "There was a RAISE without a handler. The application will now exit." and Acrobat Pro closes.
I am running Mac OSX 10.5.8 and Acrobat Pro 9.3.3. I have tried going back to a previous version of Acrobat but I get the same error. I am using Firefox, someone suggested it is a Safari thing, but I have never used Safari, not sure why it would be associated anyway, but trying to give as much info as I can.
Help please?
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Expiration date on PDF password.
Hello, everyone.
I would like to set-up an expiration date and/or time on a password assigned to a document to limit access to it.
Is there a way (simple, hopefully) to do this ?
Thanks in advance.
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