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1. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
try67 Apr 12, 2011 4:22 AM (in response to RobMcP)Acrobat is not a text processing application and PDF files are meant to be the "final stop" in your workflow.
If you want to do extensive edits to the text, you should really edit the original file and then re-create the PDF.
Having said that, if you really want to edit the text of a PDF you can try the TouchUp Text Tool.
If you want to add a hyperlink use the Link tool. You can even place a link field above a text box. That way you can set the text to look the way you want it to, and then have a transparant link hovering above it.
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2. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
RobMcP Apr 12, 2011 5:37 AM (in response to try67)Thanks for those suggestions.
I still do not really understand how PDF works. I don't have access to the original document, hence wanting to add what was effectively a text box on the last page. I have done that in a bodge job fashion.
Since raising this post I managed to set up a URL link, but still cannot get rid of the odd difference in font weight of the URL
Will try more searching, unless anyone else can exaplin why this odd behaviour occurs.
Thanks McP
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3. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
try67 Apr 12, 2011 5:47 AM (in response to RobMcP)PDF is supposed to be the final file you use in your workflow. It stands for
"Portable Document Format", which means that in principle it should display
the same, no matter where you open it. That's the point and purpose of it.
It's not supposed to be edited in any extensive way, although various
editing tools have been added to Acrobat over time.
What you describe regarding the odd font weight is probably a sort of
optical bug that can occur in PDF files. If you zoom in on the text you
should see that it's actually the same size. It's just when you zoom out
that some of it is displayed as a bit thicker or thinner than the rest.
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4. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
RobMcP Apr 12, 2011 5:56 AM (in response to try67)Nope, no way is this an optical bug, this is completely apparent at ANY distance zoom or not, and is visible on another users pc.
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5. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
try67 Apr 12, 2011 6:00 AM (in response to RobMcP)Maybe you could share the file with us.
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6. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
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7. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
try67 Apr 12, 2011 6:06 AM (in response to RobMcP)Which tool did you use to create this box? Also, which font?
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8. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
RobMcP Apr 12, 2011 8:28 AM (in response to try67)This was a text field box, font size 12 Helvetica, then I tried two methods of making a link.
Method one was on the Actions tab of the text field properties box, select the Actions tab, trigger mouse down/up action Open a web link.
Method two, select the text drag highlight then tools advanced editing link tool, then carry out making a link process.
Both methods work (ish) and both show the lumpy text.
I have just spoken to a colleague who says (like you, it's an optical illusion, live with it!) It prints off ok so I will, but I'd be interested to know why it does this. (but it won't kill me if I don't find out)
As a matter of interest what is the best way to make a pdf doc? In a separate posting someone suggested to me, make the doc in word, then pdf it, so that you have the word doc as the original. Do you have any other/better suggestions?
Thanks Rob.
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9. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
try67 Apr 12, 2011 10:09 AM (in response to RobMcP)Without seeing the actual file I don't have any more suggestions.
And yes, the recommended workflow is to create the PDF from an existing
document, and keep the original in case you need to do any changes in the
future.
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10. Re: Please help me before I jump off a bridge!
RobMcP Apr 12, 2011 3:45 PM (in response to try67)Thanks for all the assistance, and your time.
I will live with the way it looks for now, then when I have time I'll redo the page in question.
Meantime I'll be viewing Youtube training vids.
Thanks again. McP


