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RE: Can't search the PDF file. Really? Still? After 5 years???
Subject:RE: Can't search the PDF file. Really? Still? After 5 years??? From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:40:07 -0400
Suggested text for the Acrobat warning label that Emily refers to:
"This product creates PDF files that print consistently across all known
operating systems and hardware platforms, when used with the correct version
of Adobe Reader. Many users successfully use PDF files for non-printing
purposes, such as viewing online Help, moving text and graphics between
applications, and so on. These non-printing purposes are subject to
variables too numerous to mention, and their efficacy is not guaranteed by
Adobe."
-----Original Message-----
From: Emily Berk
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:37 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Can't search the PDF file. Really? Still? After 5 years???
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and good wishes. Sigh.
It's been a few weeks and many changes since I got that original Word doc.
So the go back to Word option is not an option.
This is one of those issues that should be inscribed with a warning label on
the outside of every Acrobat box.
If I download these fonts you are talking about, can I embed them in the
PDF?
--Emily
At 10:46 AM 10/20/03 -0400, Hart, Geoff wrote:
>Emily Berk reports: <<I got a Word document from a Korean co-worker and put
>its contents into my FrameMaker files. When I generate a PDF from them --
>it looks great, but is not searchable. I've generated 3 other PDFs this
>morning in the same FM session (all using File, Print, Adobe Distiller and
>then double-clicking the .ps file) and all of those are searchable so it's
>not the general FM or distiller or Acrobat settings, I suspect.>>
>I'm betting that "Korean" is the clue that will explain your problem. I
work
>with many Asian authors, and they most often use "localized" versions of
>their software that include (among other things) fonts not used by North
>American versions of the software. These fonts don't always translate into
a
>form you can use painlessly ...
>The long-term solution--and what solved my problems with the Japanese
>files--is to install an Asian languages pack, which is available for both
>Word (from Microsoft) and Acrobat (from Adobe). Search for these terms on
>their Web sites and you'll find the download, which is reasonably painless
>to install.
>Unfortunately, if you stick with the Asian fonts, you have to install these
>language files on every computer that will be reading the files. ...
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