ghostview is usually pretty good at decoding questionable pdfs. Should be in the repos for any distro. Firefox has a built in js pdf reader, which you can turn on. I use it instead of Acrobat plugin, works pretty well.
Are you certain you didn't just get a munged copy? The google drive reader seems pretty durable. Other than that, I kind of like qpdfview over most of the others, although it doesn't always read the trouble ones. PDF Editor can be a good option, too. Not the best for reading files, but seems to be good at dissecting them. On Wednesday, 30 October 2013 13:03:14 UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > > No joy yet. :( > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Scott Vargovich > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Not yet. Downloading the tar.bz2 right now. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Jeremiah Bess >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Have you tried the Linux version of Adobe Reader? >>> http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/ >>> >>> >>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. >>> >>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Scott Vargovich >>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> That didn't work either. While it was trying to convert it, it said an >>>> error occurred. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Scott Vargovich >>>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> *smacks self on forehead* >>>>> Why didn't I think of that??? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Jeremiah Bess >>>>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Open in Gmail or upload to Google Docs and have it convert it for you. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >>>>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Scott Vargovich < >>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I receive an emailed .pdf file from a group I'm involved with every >>>>>>> 2 months. I have verified with the sender that he uses Acrobat and the >>>>>>> file extension is .pdf. It has spaces in the file name, so I took >>>>>>> those >>>>>>> out and added the .pdf extension to the file name. Adobe Reader states >>>>>>> that the file could not be opened because it is either not a supported >>>>>>> file >>>>>>> type or because the file has been damaged. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All the other people who get this file use Windows and have no >>>>>>> trouble opening the file. I have tried opening the file both with >>>>>>> Adobe >>>>>>> Reader and xpdf with no success. 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