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I gave much the same reply off-list, but there are a couple of caveats that need to be added to your suggestions. See below:
"Liz Goodwin" wrote:
>If you open the pdf file in Acrobat 5 and "Save As" a ps file you can
>distill it again and change the job option in the distiller so that it is
>saved using Acrobat 3.0 compatibility.
This does not always work. It depends on how the PDF was created in the first place. For example, if the PDF was created with security turned on to prevent changing the document (or, obviously, printing the document), you will not be able to execute this step. Also, some things get munged on redistilling. You will probably lose bookmarks, as well, although I haven't tested this.
>
>1. Open the distiller by choosing Tools, Distiller from the menu bar in
>Acrobat 5
>2. Choose Settings, Job Options.
>3. Under "Compatibility" choose Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2)
>4. Click Save As. When the window displays, click Cancel. On the Job
>Options window click OK.
You don't need to click Cancel. You can save a new set of job options (give them a name you will recognize), and have these newly tweaked options available to you in the future. Just select them on the main Distiller dialog.
> You'll be back on the Distiller screen and note that the compatibility
>is now Acrobat 3.0.
>5. Click on File and choose the .ps file to distill using Acrobat 3.0
>compatibility.
Finally, you cannot open the new PDF in Acrobat 5, make changes, and resave, or you will lose the version 3 compatibility. Once you've distilled it as version 3, accept the results as is and move on.
Dick
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