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Subject: Re: Bowditch Edition 2002 -- Online files are problematic
From: George Huxtable (george@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 06:51:07 EDT
Mike Wescott wrote-
>jared.sherman@XXX.XXX said:
>> Chapters 1, 10, 15, 21, 25, 31, 35, and BowditchIX are apparently
>> either corrupt, locked, or Acrobat 5.0 format with the "3.0/4.0
>> compatibility" feature turned off. They can be downloaded
>> directly--but Acrobat 4.x will not recognize them as valid PDF files.
>
>> If anyone else if thinking of downloading them, wait. I've asked the
>> NIMA webmaster to look into this and correct them.
>
>But Adobe's Acrobat Reader 5 is available for download and installation
>(for free). Why press for backwards compatibility?
>
>
>--
> Mike Wescott
> Wescott_Mike@XXX.XXX
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Well, seeing that Mike asked, here's one reason. On my (now very elderly)
Mac, equivalent to a Mac LC3, running system 7.5, Acrobat Reader 5 refuses
to install, although there's no problem with version 4. This has prevented
my access to several PDF documents.
George Huxtable.
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George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222.
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