[wplug] [OT] Acrobat's mysterious messages

beer beer at cmu.edu
Thu Feb 16 13:57:55 EST 2006


Bill

Isnt Reader for 'read-only' access to pdfs?

On Thu, February 16, 2006 1:40 pm, Bill Moran said:
> 

> 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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