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Thanks Leonard,
Please see below.
> At 10:19 AM +1000 10/22/03, Sanders, Mark wrote:
> >We distribute groups of pdfs to customers who use a range of versions of
> >Acrobat Reader. Lets assume that they are only 5x and 6 even though some
> are
> >still 4x.
>
> OK...
>
>
> >We have a Catalogue index open automatically with the first document in
> the
> >set. The home page if you will.
>
> Fine. Are you doing this via JavaScript or some other method?
>
At this point we are using Acrobat's built in launch index command under
the Document Properties>Advanced tab. I'm not JavaScript savvy so the
concept never occurred to me. I was hoping that this problem would have been
obvious to Adobe and the solution would have been provided.
> >Problem is that 6 won't open 5's indexes and 5 won't open 6's.
>
> Acrobat 6 for Windows WILL open Acrobat 5 indices! It is
> ONLY Acrobat 6 for Mac OS that can't open an Acrobat 5 index - but
> then Acrobat 5 for Mac OS X can't open up an Acrobat 5 index either.
>
We author all pdf content on Macs and hence if it is broken there I wouldn't
even bother to check Windows. Thanks for the info. I was unaware Acrobat 5
on a Mac couldn't launch an index either.
> But you are correct that 5 won't open up 6.
>
>
> >Is there a way of opening the correct index depending on what version of
> >Reader is being used to read the pdf?
>
> If you are using JavaScript to open the indices, sure.
Any chance of a snippet of code? :-)
> >While I am at it, is there a way of disabling the warning that comes up
> when
> >a user opens a 6.0 generated pdf in a lower version?
>
> Sure, "downgrade" the PDF to a lower version using the new
> "PDF Optimizer" feature of Acrobat 6.
tried it and it works.
Thanks.
Mark
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