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Re: Reading pdf files

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On 2019-06-13 12:10 p.m., Joe wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:28:10 +0200
> Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
>
>> Am Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2019, 16:29:27 CEST schrieb k. jantzen:
>> Did you try "Evince" or "Okular"?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Hans
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> in general I do not have a problem reading a pdf file with either
>>> xpdf or documentviewer.
>>>
>>> But once in a while I get a pdf file that they cannot read and then
>>> I have to go to Windows to open it.
>>>
>>> What is so spectacular about these files that they cannot be read
>>> by the above mentioned programs? Is there another program that
>>> would read such a file?
>>>
> Not all PDF generation programs produce good code. Some PDF readers are
> better than others at displaying technically invalid PDFs. I've had
> some trouble viewing PDFs exported by LibreCAD in Evince, and a few
> other funnies that I can't remember now.
>
> Adobe Reader does seem a bit better at dealing with dodgy files, and of
> course it deals with the extended PDFs e.g. editable forms.
Never had a problem with PDF forms using Okular.

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Reading pdf files "k. jantzen" <kdjmailing@mailbox.org> - 2019-06-13 16:50 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2019-06-13 17:30 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-06-13 18:20 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2019-06-15 05:40 +0200
        Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 09:40 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-15 14:30 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2019-06-15 16:40 +0200
            Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 17:00 +0200
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                Re: Reading pdf files Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> - 2019-06-16 22:00 +0200
                Re: Offlist: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2019-06-16 18:40 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 16:50 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas@math.dartmouth.edu> - 2019-06-13 18:30 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-13 18:50 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-06-14 15:40 +0200
      Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-14 16:30 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-14 11:00 +0200
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      Re: Reading pdf files Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-15 07:40 +0200
        Re: Reading pdf files Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-15 10:00 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-15 10:10 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 10:10 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-06-15 10:20 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> - 2019-06-15 18:50 +0200
          Re: Reading pdf files David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-22 04:00 +0200
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                Re: Reading pdf files Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-06-24 04:40 +0200
  Re: Reading pdf files "k. jantzen" <kdjmailing@mailbox.org> - 2019-06-15 18:00 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-15 18:40 +0200
    Re: Reading pdf files Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-15 19:00 +0200
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      Re: Reading pdf files Sarunas Burdulis <sarunas@math.dartmouth.edu> - 2019-06-17 15:30 +0200
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