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Brianna Bigaouette
Brianna Bigaouette
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PDF images visible in Adobe but not Preview or Mac Mail's Quick Look

Dec 22, 2011 10:08 AM

Tags: #acrobat #image #pdf #mail #preview #acrobat_pro_9 #acrobat_pro #quick_look

I have a PDF that I am inserting an ad into. I copy and paste the ad from one PDF into another. The problem I am having is when I have the final 10-page PDF with the ad inserted in it, you can open the 10-page PDF in adobe and the ad will be visible, but if you open it in Preview or using Mac Mail's Quick Look, the ad isn't there. When I open the original file with the ad in it (that I copied and pasted the ad from) in Quick Look or Preview, the ad appears. I need to know why the ad isn't showing up after it is copy and pasted into a new PDF?

 

files can be viewed below or at this address:

http://6letters.com/help/

 

"lanai3_Grand Jewels-001Winning.pdf" is the document I am copying the ad from

"lanai_122211.pdf" is the document I am pasting the ad into. The ad is on page 10. The ad is viewable in Adobe Acrobat but not in Preview or Mac Mail's Quick Look.

 

I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 (version 9.4.6) to do the copy/paste/save.

 

I just clicked the above link and the ad doesn't show up online now either. It is supposed to be in the blank space on page 10.

 

Any help much appreciated!!!!!!

4901 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: JR_Boulay, Jan 3, 2012 10:20 AM
 
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  • ~graffiti
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    1. ~graffiti,
    Dec 22, 2011 10:27 AM   in reply to Brianna Bigaouette
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    I believe Mac Mail uses Preview to view the PDF. Preview isn't the best for viewing PDF's.

     

    You may want to ask your question in the Mac Preview forums.

     
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  • Brianna Bigaouette
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    2. Brianna Bigaouette,
    Dec 22, 2011 10:33 AM   in reply to ~graffiti
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    so does my browser (safari) use preview as well? because when I click the link above and view the 10-page edition in my browser, the ad doesnt show up.

     
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    3. Brianna Bigaouette,
    Dec 22, 2011 10:41 AM   in reply to ~graffiti
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    and doesn't it seem odd that it is able to be viewed in the original PDF file but not the PDF file I copied and pasted it into?

     
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    4. ~graffiti,
    Dec 22, 2011 10:41 AM   in reply to Brianna Bigaouette
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    Yes. It does.

     
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  • JR_Boulay
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    5. JR_Boulay,
    Jan 3, 2012 10:20 AM   in reply to ~graffiti
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    Hi,

     

    Acrobat 9 and older versions paste images as a stamp/comment which (that poorly functional) Preview cannot see, so you need to "flatten" the page if you want to see a pasted picture in Preview.

    (Preview, Mail and QuickLook shares the same rendering library)

     

    You can easily flatten one or several pages in a PDF using this free tools: http://abracadabrapdf.net/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=717

     

     
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