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Sat, Jan 12, 2008
CMYK vector art in LiveCycle?
can I use CMYK vector (.ai) graphics in a dynamic form created in LiveCycle? I already know how to start as a pdf exported from...

Tue, Dec 18, 2007
TouchUp Object tool - goes to Illustrator not Photoshop
I have a pdf that was created in Pagemaker 7. When I go to tools, advanced editing, touchup object and hold down the...

Wed, Dec 12, 2007
removing watermarks from pdf image document
hi.... i have an document which has been scanned and the horizonatl and vertical line watermarks have been insterted in it and have been saved... now...

Mon, Dec 10, 2007
Snapshot Tool
We are printing a document we created as a HTML report on the and printed to a PDF. We use the Snapshot Tool...

Sun, Nov 25, 2007
Adding color to plans?
Is it possible to take a large image of 2d engineering plans and color sections of the document with Acrobat? (Think rooms color...

Thu, Nov 8, 2007
Banding in Gradations
Banding in Gradations I'm using Freehand to create illustrations, that have gradations in them going form color to color. To create the gradations I’m using...

Thu, Nov 8, 2007
Black & White Ad converts to CMYK after distilling it for Publication.
Black & White Ad converts to CMYK after distilling it for Newspaper Publication. I'm using Freehand to create Black & White Ads, in the...

Mon, Nov 5, 2007
Filliable PDF form with link to database
Hi I hope someone can answer my question, I would like to know which software I need to create a pdf Form filliable but at...

Fri, Nov 2, 2007
Printing of highlighted text
I am updating a document in Professional v8, when it is viewed in reader 7.0 the highlighted text does not print. Can you...

Thu, Oct 25, 2007
Acrobat 7 Bland Print Problem
When I create a PDF printing to Acrobat 7 from Quark featuring a large graphic created in Paintshop Pro, the colors come out all...

Tue, Oct 16, 2007
Can't replace colors in some PDF's
I have standard PDF documents, when try to use the "Replace Colors" option it works just fine as expected. But SOME PDF's when trying...

Fri, Oct 12, 2007
Formatting Hyperlinks in Acrobat 7
in acrobat professional 7.0, is it possible to underline and format the color of hyperlinks?...

Tue, Oct 9, 2007
Black and White Document Shows up Yellow
I have a Windows XP, Adobe Reader 7.0.9 installation that is producing odd colors from black and white PDF documents. The whole document is...

Thu, Oct 4, 2007
Pre-press Color Conversion
Global conversion of CMYK or RGB colors to spot Pantones?...

Fri, Sep 28, 2007
Text export from Acrobat to Indesign CS3
How can I export text 0ut of Acrobat keeping all the atributes (ie. leading and Face) Exporting to Indesign3...

Thu, Sep 27, 2007
b&w images (logos) converted to PDF detected as color??
Hello, I am having a problem with our documents that have b&w (greyscale) logos that when converted are detected as color pages (using Papercut)...

Thu, Sep 27, 2007
Bitmap
Is there a way to change the color of a bitmap?...

Fri, Sep 21, 2007
Why "Replace Document Colors" cannot be kept on Vista for acrobet 7.0?
The accessibility option "Replace Document Colors" does not work properly on Acrobat 7.0 running in Vista . When I start acrobat 7.0 to open...

Wed, Sep 19, 2007
Color conversion from RGB to CMYK
Following to my previous question about the conversion from RGB to CMYK using both Acrobat Distiller and the print production plug-in in Adobe Acrobat...

Tue, Sep 18, 2007
colored text box slow to draw in pdf
My question has to do with converting a Word (2002) document with Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0. On pages where I have a text box...

Mon, Sep 17, 2007
Convert RGB to CMYK using Adope Distiller
There is a difference between converting the RGB to CMYK from the Adope distiller than from the print production plugin in acrobat 7 (i.e...

Fri, Sep 14, 2007
Using Preflight "fixup" to "Convert to grayscale"
I am trying to meet the requirements of my book publisher who wants a PDF document in which all imbedded photos appear in grayscale...

Wed, Sep 12, 2007
Color of underline tool for commenting
In Acrobat 8 Pro, when using the underline tool for commenting, can the color be changed from the default light green? Thank you....

Tue, Sep 4, 2007
embed excel sheet inside pdf
Can we embedd an excel sheet inside a pdf file?...

Wed, Aug 29, 2007
Typewriter Tool
Is there a way to change the color of the text using the typewriter tool?...

Fri, Aug 24, 2007
PPT to PDF Poster Conversion
I currently use Powerpoint to create posters for my company. I then need to convert that Powerpoint to a PDF file using Adobe in...

Fri, Aug 24, 2007
Color Distortions
I recently upgraded to Adobe 8 Professional from Adobe 7. Since the upgrade, I have noticed color distortions within the documents I create. The...

Tue, Aug 21, 2007
Print a color 3D Acorbat PDF in Black/White
I have recently installed acrobat 3D and converted an AutoCad drawing into a PDF, it views in color but I would like to print...
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Mon, Aug 20, 2007
Pantone inks to form text
How do you apply a pantone ink to a form text field? Can you add pantone libraries to the color selections?...

Thu, Aug 16, 2007
Colour PDF prints all black ?
I sent a "password" and "permission" protected full colour pdf file, that also included a watermark set to "will not print" to a friend,...

Mon, Aug 13, 2007
text box tool with 8.1: how resize automatically?
On Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0, we could use the text box tool to color the text & box & most importantly, when you clicked...

Fri, Aug 10, 2007
Gradient Color
I have a MultiAd Creator file that has grayscale artwork which has been changed to magenta in the program. I exported it as an...

Fri, Aug 10, 2007
text color
I have acrbat 8 pro and when I use text box the font is red. How do I get black text?...

Wed, Aug 1, 2007
Reader 8.1 Postscript Printing problem with Corporate Logo
We have recently upgraded within the office from Adobe Reader 7 to Adobe reader 8.1. We have a corporate web based reporting tool that...

Tue, Jul 31, 2007
Highlighting prints black
Mac OS 10.4.1, Printer: postscript Brother laser HL1850N PROBLEM: in Acrobat Pro 8.1, using the highlighting text tool on text prints solid black, obscuring the...

Fri, Jul 27, 2007
Acrobat 8 Reader display problem in 256 color mode
Is there a way to setup Acrobat Reader 8 to use solid color to display the menu and text instead of dithering color when...

Wed, Jul 25, 2007
Print quality problem
I recently upgraded to v8 Pro. PDF documents that clients are sending via email do not print correctly. All print with heavy...

Wed, Jul 25, 2007
change text color
i would like to know how i can change the color from part of the text in the file and not to have to...

Tue, Jul 24, 2007
JavaScript in Document Actions
I'm trying to run a javascript in WillPrint Document Actions. A for loop is setup to count the text fields on the document, validate...

Mon, Jul 23, 2007
Highlighting tool
Re: highlighting tool - can I change the colour? My printer is not colour and yellow does not show up on printed pages....

Fri, Jul 20, 2007
Acrobat
We have a Word file that includes a table with columns in various shades of blue and black rules (.5 point)separating the rows and...

Wed, Jul 11, 2007
printing color pdf as black
we have recently upgraded our adobe reader software to 8.0 from versions 6 and 7. we have autocad drawings that we have converted to...
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Wed, Jul 11, 2007
Conversion of Graphics to PDF
We have a template for our letterhead in Word that contains a graphic image. When we convert to PDF the graphic becomes solid...

Tue, Jul 3, 2007
Cleaning a PDF for Export to Excel
I am trying to use Omni Page Pro 15 or the accompanying pdf Converter to drag tables out of a pdf file into excel....

Fri, Jun 29, 2007
eps conversion
I recently got windows vista and had to upgrade to acrobat 8. It seems now that files I convert to eps in Acrobat 8...

Thu, Jun 28, 2007
Screen Rendering
I have a large drawn logo scaled down, in pdf1.4 format that displays on screen fine in Reader 7, but is very badly drawn...

Tue, Jun 19, 2007
Word background to pdf
I just completed a newsletter in word and converted it to pdf. However, the conversion did not bring over the background color that I...

Thu, Jun 14, 2007
CMYK color conversion
I have been told that Acrobat 8 Standard dos not have the capability of converting colors to CMYK, and that only Acrobat 8 Professional...

Thu, Jun 7, 2007
comments
One of our users is trying to print the comment boxes on the document with connector lines. However, is there a way to...

Thu, Jun 7, 2007
Printing highlights
I can highlight text but the highlighting doesn't print...

Wed, May 30, 2007
.dwg to .pdf with pen settings
I just installed Acrobat 8 Professional and got the "create pdf" icon inserted into my autocad 2005 toolbar. I love the feature, but...

Tue, May 29, 2007
PDF for print production
I am about to print a large format coffee table book in Singapore. Created in CS2 with a local icc profile embeded, I now...

Tue, May 29, 2007
Typewriter Tool Font Color
I understood that the typewriter tool defaulted to black. However, my typewriter tool is red. I would like black. Any suggestions...

Wed, May 23, 2007
Yellow highlighting prints black
Why does yellow highlighting print black (and obscure the text) in Acrobat on my postscript black & white Brother printer? I have it set...

Tue, May 22, 2007
Powerpoint file converted in PDF with Acrobat Standard 7
Acrobat Standard 7 When I convert a Powerpoint file (office 2000) to PDF through the PDF maker buttons, the resulting PDF file is in full...

Sat, May 19, 2007
Optimum Compressions for v large images
File Compression. I produce interactive PDF's of luxury international properties for on screen A4 presentation. Typically running between 20-25 pages, the PDF's feature...

Wed, May 16, 2007
Acrobat 5.0 free text tool stopped working
Hello. I have been using Acrobat 5.0 on Windows 2k Pro for several years. I have not updated because I haven't needed...

Fri, May 4, 2007
Applescripting Metadata
I've found something interesting. I work with Quark PDFs. When I check the metadata (Document Properties in Acrobat 8 Prof.) I find colour in...

Mon, Apr 30, 2007
Text Box Font
I am unable to change the font type/size within a text box created with Adobe 8.0 Reader. When I select properties I only...

Tue, Apr 24, 2007
Color PDFs print in B&W
I have a user running Acrobat 6 Pro on Windows XP Pro. The printer is a HP Deskjet 960Cse. When they print color PDF's,...

Fri, Apr 20, 2007
PDF's print RED & BLACK
Intel Mac OS 10.4.9 w Acrobat 8 and an HP 2605n. PDF's print red and black. From a PC prints fine. ...

Wed, Apr 18, 2007
Convert to PDF from Excel
I have a 3 worksheet excel file. Sheets 1& 2 have text only and convert to a PDF colour perfect. Sheet 3 has...

Wed, Apr 18, 2007
error
>Everytime I try to open up a PDF file on my email, this message pops up >and it will not allow me to view...

Wed, Apr 18, 2007
Document Colors Options
I am using the customization wizard to aid in my GPO Deployment of Acrobat 8, I need to change the Document Colors from the...
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Mon, Apr 16, 2007
Print in Red Info
Dov, A little more info about printing in red. I am looking at PDF's that were orignally created in Adobe Illustrator, and they...
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Thu, Apr 12, 2007
Selected pages - background color
I need to change the background color of SELECTED PAGES ONLY in several Acrobat 6.0 Standard documents. When I use accessibility to select...

Wed, Apr 11, 2007
Masks and Transparency
I'm getting a white haze on my pdfs that I make from InDesign CS2. It should be 100% black and it show up...

Tue, Apr 10, 2007
Finding Resolution of PDF
I'm a graphic designer and we often receive pdfs that someone will want us to edit. The problem is that these often have...

Thu, Apr 5, 2007
Problem Background
I have a customer's PDF that has a table (most likeluy created in PowerPoint) that has a background composed of squares. The squares are...

Wed, Apr 4, 2007
Available Tools
The sales staff of the print shop I work at routinely view the PDF files submitted by the client. They need the Measuring Distance...

Tue, Apr 3, 2007
pdf to Powerpoint
I use Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. How can I convert a pdf file in to a PowerPoint file?...

Sat, Mar 31, 2007
Conditional Formatting
When designing an interactive form (via Adobe Live Cycle?), can you tweak things a bit. What I'd like to see is to be able...

Thu, Mar 29, 2007
printing hightlighted areas
When I print a document, the highlighted areas print red. I want them to print the color of the highlight, which is yellow....

Tue, Mar 27, 2007
AutoCad to Convertion PDF Problem
Hi Experts, I have a problem with Adobe Professional 7.0 I am trying to convert CAD Drawings to PDF file. This files are 'A0'...

Sat, Mar 24, 2007
View in Black & White
I have converted a .dwg file to .pdf with Acrobat 8.0 Pro. How do I convert the .pdf file so it appears in...

Fri, Mar 23, 2007
Acrobat colors(themes)
Are there available themes for Acrobat? 8.0 is way too dark and it's very hard to see the tool bars with black...

Thu, Mar 22, 2007
Color
Thanks again, Ted. In Acrobat 6, Standard version, we chose Create PDF from Multiple files. I must wait for my husband to return...

Thu, Mar 22, 2007
Color
Re 16 bit color, thanks again Ted. So, in our two experiments, with the same images from Photoshop tiff files, #1 converted to PDF...

Thu, Mar 22, 2007
Color
Thanks, Ted, re 16 bit color and Acrobat Reader, etc. So, since an image (converted to pdf from Photoshop) cannot be exported from...

Thu, Mar 22, 2007
How to convert a color pdf into a black and white pdf using Acrobat 7.0 Standard?
How to convert a color pdf into a black and white pdf using Acrobat 7.0 Standard? My intention is to reduce the file size...

Thu, Mar 22, 2007
Color
Can any version of Acrobat create image pdfs with 16 bit color? I know we can do it from Photoshop, however the files cannot...

Tue, Mar 20, 2007
How to change the color of background of the miniatures PDF
Hello, I will like to know how to change the color of background of the miniatures PDF (for Acrobat Pro 8.0: not the reader)...

Tue, Mar 20, 2007
White haze, muted colors.
What causes and how do I remove the white haze that appears on all my pdfs. Vivid color and blacks appear for a fraction...

Mon, Mar 19, 2007
Tab Order on Form
I have created a form using LiveCycle Designer. I have set the tab order, but have one field that is not recognized even...

Mon, Mar 19, 2007
Changing the background color
A question about background color for pdfs opening in full-screen mode: Is it ever possible to control the background color beyond my own monitor?...

Tue, Mar 13, 2007
Changing font color in text box
I currently have Acrobat 8 Standard and i would like to know how to change the font color in a textbox from red to...
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Sat, Mar 3, 2007
text color in measure distance tool
When I use the measure distance tool the text is not editable, either for size, font or color and is always black. If I...

Tue, Feb 27, 2007
PDF needed for magazine ad
I need to pdf an ad for a magazine that is currently in publisher. how do i make the PDF CMYK color, have...

Thu, Feb 22, 2007
PDF prints significantly lighter on one side
Why did one side of my PDF print out significantly lighter than the other, when both sides use the exact same three colors? I...

Wed, Feb 21, 2007
Convert to Grayscale
Why the "Convert to grayscale" FixUp doesn't work??? I tried several times and nothing happens please help me...

Thu, Feb 15, 2007
gradient shade
When exporting a file to Acrobat Distiller, the spot color gradient shade gets changed to CMYK. How can I change the settings to accept...

Wed, Feb 14, 2007
Skining a Adobe Form
I work in a environment where we develop a lot of forms for various requirements. User experience has been and will continue to be...

Sat, Feb 10, 2007
font color
I'm trying to change the font style and to some color other than red in the text box tool and typewriter. I did...

Tue, Feb 6, 2007
Acrobat 8 Typewriter Font Color
The 'typewriter' font color is red. How do I get it back to black? I understand that one cannot change the font from Courier....

Sat, Feb 3, 2007
Making a Distiller file from a Quark export to pdf
Using quark 6.5 I can make a pdf direct from the File>Export>Layout as a PDF. However if I choose create PS file and then try...

Tue, Jan 30, 2007
Comments
How do I change the font size and color on the typewriter tool as well as the text box tool...

Mon, Jan 29, 2007
CMYK - RGB
As a newspaper we are compelled to print all color items in CMYK. We receive PDF files from all over and some indeed come...

Fri, Jan 26, 2007
Change Colour
I would like to change the colour of a whole file (objects and text) from black to blue for printing purposes. Is there an easy...

Mon, Jan 22, 2007
Attach as Adobe PDF via Email
Hi Experts! In Outlook 2003, when sending an e-mail, there is an "Attach as Adobe PDF" option on the toolbar. By clikcing on this,...

Fri, Jan 12, 2007
Bookmark Highlights
OK, does anyone know how you can set Acrobat 3D to highlight the bookmark that you are in. For example, if you have a...

Wed, Jan 10, 2007
Adobe Reader
Following on from question answered by Ted Padova re Adobe reader and color management. I understand that there are no color management preferences. However,...

Tue, Jan 9, 2007
Color Calibration
I see that Acrobat handles Photoshop like color management for pdfs created with images and icc profiles. Does Adobe reader do the same and...

Tue, Jan 9, 2007
review reminder
If I send a pdf out for review to 10 people. How do I keep track of who replies and who has not. In...

Fri, Jan 5, 2007
Batch PDF Processing: detecting colorspace and saving to other file formats as necesary
I'll briefly set up the example. You have DX0001.pdf We want to save black and white pages as TIFFs and pages with any...

Wed, Dec 20, 2006
Colour Management
I have created multiple images and attached ICC calibration profiles for a digital camera. Is it possible to create a single pdf with the...

Fri, Dec 15, 2006
scan in color
I just installed Adobe Acrobat 8 and formerly used vers. 6. I was always able to scan photos and other colored material from...

Thu, Dec 14, 2006
Changing default color of the text
I bought Acrobat Standard Version 8. I am trying to fill a form. I am using text box tool and typed text in the...

Thu, Dec 14, 2006
Invisible objects are printed
An obcject wich color is set to none (Outline and Filling) is printed in Adobe Reader 7.0.8 (Windows XP). I can't see it in...