Is there an alternative to Preview ?
I am not content with Preview, is there a better alternative ?
I often collect several pdf files into one and then send by mail ,but the recipient cant open them
Adobe Reader
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Expensive. No need for it. I only need possibility to convert to Word.
It crashed
I uninstalled it. Does not work.
It's working for me - and I've been using Reader for a long, long time. I would try to download it and install it once again. Adobe Reader is the preferred PDF reader for AcroForms designers, as well as anyone who uses LiveCycle Designer or Adobe Acrobat. It will also install a plugin in Safari that will allow you to accurately see a PDF file in a browser window.
Try once again - http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
Call back if you're still having problems.
Clinton
Bomiboll wrote:
I am not content with Preview, is there a better alternative ?
Probably a good few chices out there but Adobes products are definetly the most well known and probbaly the most well featured. It should work as Clinton states.
I often collect several pdf files into one and then send by mail ,but the recipient cant open them
Preview should work here also - I do it regularly. what error message does your recipient receive?
But if you really do need export to word then yes, you need to look elsewhere.
I called Apple support - they could not help
Ok that's fine but nobody here can help you either unless you describe your problem a little more.
Exactly what could they not help with?
Are you still unable to install Adobe Reader? Do you get any error messages? The file is a disk image and you must double-click it to mount it. Then double-click on the installation file. Any error messages?
Clinton
I'm not sure I understand what you want to do, but you can use LibreOffice (Free) to create PDFs, and you can also use it to edit or create .docx (Word compatible) documents.
Lo and Behold ! Gibberish produced by Mac OS on crashing Adobe Reader !!!
Tried to call Adobe support but it is notorious difficult to contact them.
Preview cannot convert pdf to Word . Can Adobe Reader do that ?
Many mail recipients complain on not being able to read my pdf files which are combined from several pdf
Adobe Reader XI could open my pdf but crashed within 30 seconds or so , leaving a page of code errors. As you can see.
Tried to call Adobe support but it is notorious difficult to contact them.
Try this page - http://helpx.adobe.com/reader.html.
Preview cannot convert pdf to Word and I wonder if Adobe Reader can do that.
No - you'd need Adobe Acrobat (or use an online service) to do that - you can take a 30-day 'test drive' of Adobe Acrobat XI from here -> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=acrobat_pro&loc=us.
Adobe Reader XI could open my pdf but crashed within 30 seconds or so
I've no idea why Reader would be crashing - did you download the 11.0.01 version? I've not experienced any conflicts with Reader and other apps/fonts/ML. etc.
Sorry that you're having so many problems - as an AcroForms designer, I think that everyone should be using Adobe Reader for PDF files, of course.
Clinton
You can try http://skim-app.sourceforge.net
Installed Skim.
Highlighting does not work with most of my pdf files.
It is an important function ; why are some pdf files not possible to hightlight with neither preview or Skim ?
Is there an alternative to Preview ?