[Coco] pdf files on cocodownunder

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun May 27 22:33:58 EDT 2007


On Sunday 27 May 2007, Bob Devries wrote:
>To Gene and others,
> A few pdf files are located here: http://cocodownunder.com/uploads/
>

Those that I tested, worked just fine.  I looked at the August 88 issue, and a 
couple of the newsletters & everything looked as if it rendered ok to me.  
That's on Acrobat Reader-7.08, FC6 system.

>Other files are located here: http://cocodownunder.com/blog/?page_id=56 and
>here: http://cocodownunder.com/blog/?page_id=15
>
>These last two URL's point to blog pages with links to download ZIP files,
>which have pdf files in them.
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>--
>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>
>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>so that I know how to help the weary.
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] pdf files on cocodownunder
>
>> On Sunday 27 May 2007, Bob Devries wrote:
>>>Hi Coconuts,
>>>
>>>It has come to my attention that not everybody can read the PDF files that
>>>I
>>>uploaded to the website www.cocodownunder.com
>>>
>>>I originally created these with Adobe Acrobat Version 6.0.6, which allows
>>>me
>>>to create PDF's compatible with v5 (default) or v4 of Acrobat reader. I
>>>chose V5, thinking that *everybody* would have at least that version,
>>>seing
>>>that version 7 is now in common use (I thought).
>>>
>>>It seems that I may be wrong about this.
>>>
>>>I'd like comments from people who have tried, successfully or
>>>unsuccessfully, to read the pdf files I have uploaded there, whether with
>>>Acrobat reader (please state which version), or another windows or linux
>>>based PDF reader.
>>>
>>>I don't currently have a linux box running, so I can't try any of that
>>>flovour pdf reader. I did try version 4 of Acrobat Reader, and it barfs on
>>>the files.
>>>
>>>If I scan the pages with V4 compatibility set, then V4 of Acrobat Reader
>>>has
>>>no problems. However, there seems to be no way to make the existing (V5)
>>>files compatible with V4, short of re-scanning the documents.
>>>
>>>I'd like to hear from y'all.
>>
>> A large percentage of us that are running linux, have been keeping things
>> up
>> to date, my installed acrobat reader is 7.08.
>>
>> I also visited cocodownunder.com Bob, but wasn't able to find _any_ pdf's,
>> even with the search utility.  Where are they squirreled away?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Gene
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>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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>> Technology is dominated by two types of people:
>> Those who understand what they do not manage.
>> Those who manage what they do not understand.
>>
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Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
You want to know why I kept getting promoted?  Because my mouth knows more
than my brain.
	-- W.G.



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