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Do I need Adobe Acrobat to receive pdf files?

16 years ago

I belong to a group that started sending monthly newsletters. The person sending this NL said it comes as a pdf file. I am not getting these as part of her emails. I have Adobe Reader but not AA. Do I need to download this program too or is there some other problem.

I'm using Vista Premium on a Toshiba Satellite A135 notebook. TIA for any help you can give me.

Sheila :)

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azinoh
16 years ago
If all you want to do is view the .pdf then you should be able to start Adobe Reader and open the file after you've downloaded it. Have you checked your email to see if a .pdf is attached to it?
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
16 years ago
if there is a pdf it will be as an attachment to the email are you seeing a .pdf file listed up near the header or subject of the email? I personally would not open a pdf in email they can be infected, I save them to hard drive, scan them with antivirus and antimalware programs before ever opening them. Many many bad infections are being spread through pdf now and there are serious critical updates for adobe reader so be sure you have done your updates if you have it on your pc. Make it a habit to always scan any pdf file fully before opening it.
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Adobe is a corporation, not a product or a file format. PDF, which you states in the subject correctly, means "Portable Document Format" - it is the file format created by Adobe's Acrobat software (and many other programs since Adobe publishes the PDF specification). That file format is actually a meta format of sorts and can contain all sorts of information in it, including illustration file formats, text as well as bitmap graphics in various image formats. You can upload any file to a web host or file hosting service. Not all file types will display in someone's browser and certainly not all files will display inline on one of these forum messages. If you want to just include a text link to the file you can insert a standard HTML anchor tag pointing to the hosted file or you can use the "Optional Link URL" feature included at the bottom of the posting/edit box. If you would like an image to appear inside your post then you should send up a file in a format that will display properly in the majority of people's web browsers and can be used with the HTML "img" tag. Definitely not a TIFF. A JPEG or PNG is recommended. Depending on what software you're using to view or edit PDF files on your computer you may be able to Save or Export the images you want out of the file. Otherwise one very easy way is to do a screen or window capture while viewing the file. The resulting image can then be cropped if needed (to remove any desktop/window graphics that don't belong in the original photo). If this is all Greek to you, you might be better off just uploading the PDF as first mentioned and including its URL in the "Optional Link URL" below. As long as someone has a PDF plugin or viewer they'll be able to view it. Then maybe someone will be nice enough to strip out the pictures you want out of the file. If I see this thread again and you've uploaded the file I can do it if you'd like. Bruno
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Sheila
Original Author
16 years ago
That's what puzzles me, I don't see a pdf file listed. I've copied (see below)what I received from my contact. She says that she sends this email to about 50 addresses and I'm the only one that has a problem with it. There is no pdf icon anywhere in the email.

Subject: Come 'N Take It newsletter
Date: Jan 28, 2010 4:10 PM
Sorry it's a little late, but here it is. The second page pertains to
our upcoming anniversary dance and a list of ideas and items we will
need for the decorations.
Thanks y'all and Yellow Rock!

Just double click on to the pdf icon and it will open. If you want to
print it, just drag it on to your desktop and print from there.
Please let me know if you have trouble receiving and opening the file.
Thanks again!
Nancy
zep516
16 years ago
What E-Mail program are you using, outlook, yahoo, windows live mail
Sheila
Original Author
16 years ago
O.utlook
zep516
16 years ago
So do you think it could be an outlook problem where the Icon simply does not show? It's possible. Would it be to much trouble to set up a Yahoo e mail account just to see if it works. You could have her send it again possibly.

Wonder if your the only one using outlook in the group?
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
16 years ago
another option is that you have in your outlook settings to block certain file types and pdf may be one, have you ever received a pdf in that email client in the past?
Sheila
Original Author
16 years ago
I'll look for Outlook settings and check to see if pdf is blocked.
Sheila
Original Author
16 years ago
I'm using Webmail. I couldn't find where to check for blocked files. I'll keep looking.
bob414
16 years ago
Webmail could be yahoo, gmail, hotmail or others. The pdf file is an attachment. It wouldn't show up in the body of the message that you posted but above it, below it or somewhere on the email screen.
Sheila
Original Author
16 years ago
Still had no success using Web Mail so I tried the yahoo. This worked! I don't understand why my Web Mail won't work. My senior challenged mind will just have to remember to check the yahoo mail regularly to get my mailings from my dance club. Thx so much for the help.

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