PDF question

nancyspeed · nancyspeed #1 (**permalink**)

09-05-2009, 10:16 AM

This is my first time to have trouble opening a downloaded PDF file. It is 70mg. My instructions were to go to runbox.com and log in, click on the file and then download it. All this happens fine. But, when I try to open the file all I see is a list of numbers line after line. I don't think mac has anything to open it with. My PC friend says it opens just fine for her. Word will not open it for me, nor will any other application. When I download it to the PC it opens with acrobat. I really don't want it on the PC.

When I went back to runbox it had lots of PC instructions but no reference to mac. I am sure the person doing the magazine is doing this on a mac.

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

09-05-2009, 10:21 AM

Probably a bad or incomplete download. Delete the file and try again.

louishen · louishen #3 (**permalink**)

09-05-2009, 10:28 AM

What are the first few lines in that file

It may be a postcript file or corrupt PDF

You may have to get them to upload the PDF again

didymus · didymus #4 (**permalink**)

09-06-2009, 12:12 PM

Yeah, probably a corrupt file - Preview seems to open pretty well anything, so if that isn't working, it's probably the file's fault.

nancyspeed · nancyspeed #5 (**permalink**)

09-06-2009, 10:11 PM

The file was indeed corrupt. It was resent to another place--yousendit--and came through just fine. Thanks for the pointers.

bobtomay #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 22, 2006 Location: Texas, where else? Posts: 23,578 Mac Specs: 15" MBP 2.33 C2D 256 4GB, MBA 13" i7 1.8, MB 2.0 2GB, Nano 4th, 3GS, iPad 1	09-05-2009, 10:21 AM Probably a bad or incomplete download. Delete the file and try again. I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus.
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nancyspeed #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 26, 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 80 Mac Specs: iMac and Macbook	09-05-2009, 10:16 AM This is my first time to have trouble opening a downloaded PDF file. It is 70mg. My instructions were to go to runbox.com and log in, click on the file and then download it. All this happens fine. But, when I try to open the file all I see is a list of numbers line after line. I don't think mac has anything to open it with. My PC friend says it opens just fine for her. Word will not open it for me, nor will any other application. When I download it to the PC it opens with acrobat. I really don't want it on the PC. When I went back to runbox it had lots of PC instructions but no reference to mac. I am sure the person doing the magazine is doing this on a mac.
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didymus #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 23, 2009 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 191 Mac Specs: Model Identifier: iMac9,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz	09-06-2009, 12:12 PM Yeah, probably a corrupt file - Preview seems to open pretty well anything, so if that isn't working, it's probably the file's fault.
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nancyspeed #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 26, 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 80 Mac Specs: iMac and Macbook	09-06-2009, 10:11 PM The file was indeed corrupt. It was resent to another place--yousendit--and came through just fine. Thanks for the pointers.
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