Comments on: Acrobat 9 for InDesigners: PDF Portfolios http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-467527 Scott Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:36:59 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-467527 Finally got it to run. For anyone who may be running into this problem and searching for a solution: Reader v9 can have problems with the data stored in your Application Support folder and won't launch. If you are getting the less than helpful "internal error" after installing and trying to run Reader v9 for the first time, you must delete this data. Delete the contents of Library (the one in your users folder)/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/ and you'll be good to go. Finally got it to run.

For anyone who may be running into this problem and searching for a solution: Reader v9 can have problems with the data stored in your Application Support folder and won’t launch. If you are getting the less than helpful “internal error” after installing and trying to run Reader v9 for the first time, you must delete this data. Delete the contents of Library (the one in your users folder)/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/ and you’ll be good to go.

]]> By: Scott http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466338 Scott Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:48:32 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466338 v8.1.2 works without a hitch. As does the Acrobat.com that v9 installs. Luckily the v9 installer doesn't mess with the v8.1.2 installation, so it's easy to go back. Someone else with exactly the same problem: http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2008/07/adobe_reader_9_is_out!.html Weird. v8.1.2 works without a hitch. As does the Acrobat.com that v9 installs. Luckily the v9 installer doesn’t mess with the v8.1.2 installation, so it’s easy to go back.

Someone else with exactly the same problem:
http://gusmueller.com/blog/archives/2008/07/adobe_reader_9_is_out!.html

Weird.

]]> By: Steve Werner http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466332 Steve Werner Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:39:16 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466332 Strange, Scott. I can't explain that. Does Acrobat/Reader 8 work on your system? Strange, Scott. I can’t explain that. Does Acrobat/Reader 8 work on your system?

]]> By: Scott http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466330 Scott Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:59:14 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466330 Anyone get Reader v9 (no, I don't have Acrobat) to actually install and run on a Mac? I'm running OS v10.4.11 on a PPC mac. I downloaded the proper version, but every time I try to launch it, it immediately crashes with an "internal error." Same for any web browser that attempts to use the accompanying plug-in to view PDFs. Had to manually remove v9 and it's plug-in to get v8's plug-in to work again. Tried downloading it a couple of times, rebuilding permissions, etc. No joy. Anyone get Reader v9 (no, I don’t have Acrobat) to actually install and run on a Mac?

I’m running OS v10.4.11 on a PPC mac. I downloaded the proper version, but every time I try to launch it, it immediately crashes with an “internal error.” Same for any web browser that attempts to use the accompanying plug-in to view PDFs. Had to manually remove v9 and it’s plug-in to get v8’s plug-in to work again.

Tried downloading it a couple of times, rebuilding permissions, etc. No joy.

]]> By: Roland http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466204 Roland Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:19:48 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466204 Steve, most folks I know don't use Mac, won't invest in the latest MS Office (I've gotten several to switch to OpenOffice) and won't touch Vista with a 10-foot stick. And while my experience doesn't equal market research, it's well known that both the Mac and Vista don't have big enough market shares yet. The way PDF Portfolios work now, I'd rather convert everything to PDF using InDesign and send one 'plain' PDF over to folks. At least that way everyone can open it all and get the information I want to get across without having to tell them where to get what software to get it to work. Sure, as a means for packaging multiple file types it's nice, but sending a regular ZIP file is easier. The interface (at least in Acrobat 9 Pro) isn't user-friendly and dummy-proof enough with the three small buttons for the views and double-click to open in a new window (or separate program that you might don't have). The biggest mistakes people make are 1) over-estimating people's intelligence and 2) expecting others to own the software they have. Adobe fell for both. Steve, most folks I know don’t use Mac, won’t invest in the latest MS Office (I’ve gotten several to switch to OpenOffice) and won’t touch Vista with a 10-foot stick. And while my experience doesn’t equal market research, it’s well known that both the Mac and Vista don’t have big enough market shares yet.

The way PDF Portfolios work now, I’d rather convert everything to PDF using InDesign and send one ‘plain’ PDF over to folks. At least that way everyone can open it all and get the information I want to get across without having to tell them where to get what software to get it to work.

Sure, as a means for packaging multiple file types it’s nice, but sending a regular ZIP file is easier. The interface (at least in Acrobat 9 Pro) isn’t user-friendly and dummy-proof enough with the three small buttons for the views and double-click to open in a new window (or separate program that you might don’t have).

The biggest mistakes people make are 1) over-estimating people’s intelligence and 2) expecting others to own the software they have. Adobe fell for both.

]]> By: Steve Werner http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466178 Steve Werner Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:51:26 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466178 For what it's used for, combining disparate files and putting them into a presentation, what's the competition? How would you do it? I didn't have time to include this in the original write-up, but you can preview Word docs, PSD files if you have the right OS. You can see Office files and PSD files in Leopard because it uses the QuickLook technology. You can see Office files if you have Windows Vista, or if you have the latest version of Windows Office. If you have Mac OS X Tiger or Windows XP you're out of luck. This is a big advance over PDF Packages (in Acrobat 8). For what it’s used for, combining disparate files and putting them into a presentation, what’s the competition? How would you do it?

I didn’t have time to include this in the original write-up, but you can preview Word docs, PSD files if you have the right OS. You can see Office files and PSD files in Leopard because it uses the QuickLook technology. You can see Office files if you have Windows Vista, or if you have the latest version of Windows Office. If you have Mac OS X Tiger or Windows XP you’re out of luck.

This is a big advance over PDF Packages (in Acrobat 8).

]]> By: Roland http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466176 Roland Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:42:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-466176 I checked out the Portfolio thing, and I have to say it's pretty useless unless you combine a bunch of Acrobat-readable files (Word docs, PSDs, etc. won't show in Acrobat, TIFFs don't get previews 90% of the time), and even then it apparently needs to open the 'embedded' files (such as PDFs) in new windows, making a mess of things. Maybe once Acrobat hits its 10th version it'll be improved upon, but the way it works now it's simply a gimmick. Checking for PDF changes is cool though. That feature just saved me 20 minutes when a customer sent me a file and insisted it was new. I checked out the Portfolio thing, and I have to say it’s pretty useless unless you combine a bunch of Acrobat-readable files (Word docs, PSDs, etc. won’t show in Acrobat, TIFFs don’t get previews 90% of the time), and even then it apparently needs to open the ‘embedded’ files (such as PDFs) in new windows, making a mess of things.

Maybe once Acrobat hits its 10th version it’ll be improved upon, but the way it works now it’s simply a gimmick.

Checking for PDF changes is cool though. That feature just saved me 20 minutes when a customer sent me a file and insisted it was new.

]]> By: Steve Werner http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-461020 Steve Werner Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:23:22 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-461020 FYI: The free Adobe Reader 9 software will be available "by early July" according to Adobe's announcement today. FYI: The free Adobe Reader 9 software will be available “by early July” according to Adobe’s announcement today.

]]> By: Klaus Nordby http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-460401 Klaus Nordby Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:57 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-460401 Yes, Steve and Marc, Klaus is still alive. Thanks for inquiring. :-) Yes, Steve and Marc, Klaus is still alive. Thanks for inquiring. :-)

]]> By: Marc http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-460376 Marc Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:39 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/acrobat-9-for-indesigners-pdf-portfolios.php#comment-460376 > I’m on vacation this week. Lucky guy ;-) By "splashing", I mean "(splash) screen images" activated by buttons (showing, closing, navigating). In French we say "fenetres ou images surgissantes", does anybody have the good translation? @+ Marc > I’m on vacation this week.
Lucky guy ;-)

By “splashing”, I mean “(splash) screen images” activated by buttons (showing, closing, navigating).

In French we say “fenetres ou images surgissantes”, does anybody have the good translation?

@+
Marc

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