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Thufar_Hawat
post Sep 9 2005, 07:12 PM
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Hi

Is any one else having problems with the new pdf file displaying italics as strange symbols.

It only seems to happen on page 139. with the words: more, full defense, grazing hit, and the text at the bottom of the table.

It happens in Adobe professional 6, and Adobe reader 7.

If i cut the symbols and paste them into word you can read them no with no problems, but i want to print the book out and it prints the symbols and not the words.

Any help will be much appreciated.
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Dashifen
post Sep 9 2005, 07:18 PM
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Yes, that is happening to me as well. It's the bottom of the Weapon Range Table, FYI.
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post Sep 9 2005, 07:19 PM
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I just checked mine and it's displaying just fine.
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post Sep 9 2005, 07:21 PM
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I got mine at BattleCorps, did you as well, Slacker?
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post Sep 9 2005, 07:23 PM
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i got mine form battlecorps.
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post Sep 9 2005, 07:51 PM
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Yep, I got mine from Battlecorps.
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post Sep 9 2005, 07:57 PM
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Interestingly, if I copy the text and paste it into Word, it's legible.
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post Sep 9 2005, 08:00 PM
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Damn ... I was wondering if it was a vendor issue. PDF 1.2 will probably solve the problem :cyber:
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Vector
post Sep 9 2005, 08:01 PM
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I have the same problem. Slacker, what size is your PDF? Mine is 65,331,200 bytes. I'm wondering if there is a corruption in some of them for some reason.
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post Sep 9 2005, 08:03 PM
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QUOTE (Dashifen)
Damn ... I was wondering if it was a vendor issue. PDF 1.2 will probably solve the problem :cyber:

Well first they'd have to be able to identify the cause of the problem, which is kind of difficult to do when it only happens on some computers.
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post Sep 9 2005, 08:06 PM
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QUOTE (Vector @ Sep 9 2005, 02:01 PM)
I have the same problem.  Slacker, what size is your PDF?  Mine is 65,331,200 bytes.  I'm wondering if there is a corruption in some of them for some reason.

Actually mine is showing as 65,329,964 bytes.

edit: oh wait...size on disk is 65,331,200 bytes.
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post Sep 9 2005, 08:11 PM
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Same sizes. Good point on the "it only happens sometimes" but I've also noticed that those are the types of things that just evaporate later. Plus, it could easily be a client-side issue based on versions, plug-ins, OS, etc. and thus not really FanPro's problem.
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post Sep 9 2005, 08:18 PM
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mine is 65,331,200 bytes on disk as well.

The first version works fine with no currupted text (but it does run a lot slower).
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post Sep 9 2005, 09:33 PM
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I get the corruption too, in a few places.
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post Sep 9 2005, 09:50 PM
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me too.. chekced it on page 139 :(
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post Sep 10 2005, 12:20 AM
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I have the same problem (got mine from Battlecorps as well). I'm sure it'll be resolved with the next release.
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post Sep 10 2005, 01:07 AM
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Seeing squares, Tildes, and brackets of random types usually means that whoever compiled the PDF did so on a machine that didnt have the same font as the one that the text was made in.. what you're effectivly seeing is a control code that the compiling machine didnt have a clue what to do with.
(or in SR4 terms, who ever did the v1.1 pdf got a hit on his computer (adobe acrobat) check, but came up with more than 50% of the dice as 1's. )
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post Sep 10 2005, 01:22 AM
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I'm seeing the "square italics" as well. I can guess the words underneath so I don't sweat. I plan to print it soon and I'll just pencil in the words.
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post Sep 10 2005, 03:43 AM
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No issue in Preview, I'll check with adobe 7 on my PC in a minute.

EDIT: It does happen in acrobat 7 on my PC though
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post Sep 10 2005, 02:53 PM
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I got mine from Battlecorps and I don't have any problems with it. Maybe the latest update fixed that, I got mine after the first errata correction was put in it.
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post Sep 10 2005, 08:48 PM
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QUOTE (apollo124)
Maybe the latest update fixed that, I got mine after the first errata correction was put in it.

I didn't have this specific problem until the latest update.
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Thufar_Hawat
post Sep 10 2005, 08:55 PM
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Me neither, the first pdf ran with no corruption, it just ran really slowly. It was only with the release of version 1.1 that i got corruption.
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post Sep 17 2005, 01:07 AM
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I'm getting the same thing with the newer version as well
i got my copy from Drivethrurpg.com
also i'm pretty sure my acrobat 7 is fully updated
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post Sep 17 2005, 02:31 AM
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I'm sure this problem will be remedied in the next update.
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