PDF files

How do I download/convert a pdf file? When I download/open the file it's all
unreadable symbols.

Charles
Thu Oct 27 09:34:42 CDT 2005

You need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is downloadable for free from Adobe.
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"shell" <shell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D786A80-EB2D-4771-993B-B45AA9FD1059@microsoft.com...
> How do I download/convert a pdf file? When I download/open the file it's
> all
> unreadable symbols.

shell
Thu Oct 27 11:08:02 CDT 2005

lol, I already have acrobat reader. Now what do I do? Thanks....Michelle

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

> You need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is downloadable for free from Adobe.
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> Charles Kenyon
>
> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>
> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
> See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>
> "shell" <shell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0D786A80-EB2D-4771-993B-B45AA9FD1059@microsoft.com...
> > How do I download/convert a pdf file? When I download/open the file it's
> > all
> > unreadable symbols.
>
>
>

shell
Thu Oct 27 11:17:03 CDT 2005

I done it, finally. Thanks Charles :)

"shell" wrote:

> How do I download/convert a pdf file? When I download/open the file it's all
> unreadable symbols.

Vanguard
Fri Oct 28 09:22:45 CDT 2005

"shell" wrote:
> lol, I already have acrobat reader. Now what do I do? Thanks....Michelle
>
> "Charles Kenyon" wrote:
>> You need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is downloadable for free from Adobe.
>>
>> "shell" wrote:
>> > How do I download/convert a pdf file? When I download/open the file
>> > it's
>> > all
>> > unreadable symbols.

Well, um, how about actually opening the PDF (Adobe's proprietary Portable
File Format) file in Adobe's Acrobat Reader? It knows how to read PDF
files. If you want to edit the PDF file, you will need to use an editor
program that supports PDF format. That won't be Word. Adobe's Acrobat
product is normally used for that but it is pricey.

Are you saying that the PDF file won't open in Adobe Reader? Did you try?
Did you double-click on the .pdf file or use Adobe Reader's File->Open menu?
If if the .pdf filetype association is missing on your host, the menu in the
program will still work. If Adobe Reader can't read it, it is a corrupted
PDF file or maybe it isn't even a PDF file. There are other programs that
use the .pdf file extension; see
http://www.filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=pdf.

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