Problem Importing PDFs

[KSol]

When I import certain PDF files into OneNote, some of the document becomes
garbled, while some remains readable.

Before (in Adobe Reader):
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7007/beforeku9.jpg
After (in ON): http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8938/afterra6.jpg

This will occur regardless of whether I print directly to OneNote or try to
import as printout.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Any chance you can post a link to the problematic PDF?

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[KSol]

Sure - here's a link to one. All of the integral symbols convert to junk, as
well as some of the other special symbols.

http://www.math.vt.edu/people/powers/1206/Standard Integrals.pdf

Any chance you can post a link to the problematic PDF?

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When I import certain PDF files into OneNote, some of the document becomes
garbled, while some remains readable.

Before (in Adobe Reader):
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/7007/beforeku9.jpg
After (in ON): http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8938/afterra6.jpg

This will occur regardless of whether I print directly to OneNote or try
to
import as printout.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Sure - here's a link to one. All of the integral symbols convert
to junk, as well as some of the other special symbols.

http://www.math.vt.edu/people/powers/1206/Standard Integrals.pdf

Tried it with printing into ON. The result IMO is perfect.
Pls see here:
http://www.hera.hs-heilbronn.de/rt/StandardIntegrals.onepkg

As your previous sample sowed a totally different font: Might it have to
do with the fonts installed on your system?
Which software did you use to open the PDFs and print them to ON?

Rainald

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

What version of Adobe Reader do you have Rainald? I tried it here and the
result was dismal.
I am not sure it is fonts. When I printed it to a different printer, the
result was correct.

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[Rainald Taesler]

What version of Adobe Reader do you have Rainald?

I'm using Adobe Reader 8.x

I tried it here and the result was dismal.
Strange

I am not sure it is fonts. When I printed it to a different
printer, the result was correct.

I'm not sure either. It was just a shot in the fog.

Rainald

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Same here. XP or Vista?
I am on XP.

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[Rainald Taesler]

Same here. XP or Vista?
I am on XP.

Vista on my system(s).
No ON on my old notebook (the only thing under XP).

Rainald

 

[KSol]

Windows XP, Adobe Reader 8.1.2.

For the original poster: XP or Vista?

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Vista on my system(s).
No ON on my old notebook (the only thing under XP).

Rainald

 

[KSol]

Yeah appears that way.. Is there a way to fiddle with the fonts in either ON
or Reader?

I'd say we have an issue with Windows XP here...

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Windows XP, Adobe Reader 8.1.2.

For the original poster: XP or Vista?

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Patrick Schmid [MVP] wrote:

What version of Adobe Reader do you have Rainald?

I'm using Adobe Reader 8.x

I tried it here and the result was dismal.

Strange

Same here. XP or Vista?
I am on XP.

Vista on my system(s).
No ON on my old notebook (the only thing under XP).

Rainald

 

[Rainald Taesler]

Yeah appears that way.. Is there a way to fiddle with the fonts in
either ON or Reader?

No, unfortunately not.

Fiddling would have to be done on *producing* the PDF - settings for
*embedding* fonts, possibly.

Rainald

 

[KSol]

So at this point we're out of luck? Changes would have to be made while
making the PDF itself?

 

[Rainald Taesler]

So at this point we're out of luck? Changes would have to be made
while making the PDF itself?

I think so.

I checked the "Symbol" fonts on my laptop under XP an on my desktop.
The are totally different.
And I checked the internals of your PDF for the fonts embedded.
It's different from both.

I have a closer look the other day and report again.

Rainald
P.S. The format version of your PDF is rather old (1.3 - Acrobat 4.x)