On 6/4/07, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at polycom.com> wrote: > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson wrote: > > > I am using the Distiller 7 that came with FM. I also have > > installed Acrbat 6 pro. The odd thing though is that it seems > > that FM can see the old joboptions, but Distiller 7 can only > > see the ones that reside in its own default folder. > > In case Dov Isaacs isn't online today to promptly chastise you, permit > me. ;-) >
ROFLMAO! You are welcome. And don't you tell me you don't enjoy it! ;-) > Multiple/mixed Acrobat installations are a very, very bad idea. Dov has > warned countless times that it can lead to unpredictable and unstable > behavior. When you installed FM, you should not have installed Distiller > 7 (assuming you'd prefer the full Acrobat 6 to just Distiller 7). > And it has all been said many times before, _but_ this has usually not been a problem when you first install the newer version of Distiller and then the older one. > Now, you need to completely uninstall both Acrobat 6 and Distiller 7. > After that's done, either reinstall one, but not the other, or wait > until you get Acrobat 8, and then install it. > > Do *not* install Acrobat 8 without removing Acrobat 6 and Distiller 7 > first. And this is exactly what I am going to do. :-) > > I believe the .joboptions files have moved around some in recent > releases, but I don't recall the details. Google techwr-l.com for > "joboptions locations" or something like that. I seem to recall having > to copy my old ones somewhere after moving to Acro 7. > > HTH! > Richard > > > ------ > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. Bodvar