[wplug] [OT] Acrobat's mysterious messages

[Moshe Katz-Hyman]

I think this is a 'feature' of the PDF format.  When author creates a
document, they can include fields to fill out, but specify that the changes
cannot be saved from Reader (if you have a copy of Full acrobat, you can get
around this edit limitation).  I know it pissed the hell out of me when I
was doing taxes and whatnot and I couldn't save my progress, and under
windows it is a pain in the butt to print to a PS or PDF file.

Moshe

On 2/16/06, Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
>
>
> It looks as if Adobe has been taking lessons from Microsoft.  If not,
> they've certainly picked up MS' ability to provide cryptic and
> mostly useless error messages.
>
> Acrobat reader 7 says
> "Data typed into this form will not be saved.  Acrobat Reader 7 can only
> save a blank copy of this form."
>
> With _absolutely_no_indication_of_why_!
>
> The Windows and Linux versions both give me similar messages.
>
> Does anyone know WTF is going on with this?  Are both of my installations
> of AR flawed?  Is something wrong with the PDF provided to me?  Is
> AR simply crippled and unable to do this?
>
> I haven't been able to find anything online regarding these messages - at
> least, nothing helpful.
>
> --
> Bill
>
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