Chevron pattern looks distorted in pdf form
I am creating a chevron (zigzag) pattern in CS6. Looks perfect in PS and jpg form. When I save as PDF the edges of the chevron pattern look jagged.
I've tried flattening layers, rasterizing layers, etc. My pdf settings are:
do not downsample
jpg
maximum quality
My other designs/images turning out fine.
Any help would be appreciated.
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thanks for the quick answer. No my next challange is how to do things
1) validation: number & date checks, eg, a number should be higher than 4, or be a valid number/date
<answer> Yes
I think this is done through the object properties
2) If I answer A at question 1, I should skip Question 2 and go directly to Question 3. Is it possible to hide Question 2, depending on what I answered at Question 1?
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This is done with subforms and scripting?
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Have to look into this one.
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Also through scripting?
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