Exporting pdf to open on a PC

Hi all, I wonder what program on the 'dark side' I can use to see shadows and alpha channels that I create in Pages....would Acrobat Pro do the job?
Cheers Chris.
p.s. I have read a lot about PDF-X but would rather not compress the files.

Hello Chris,
use the Acrobat Reader to view the shadows on PCs. You don't have to compress your PDFs by using PDF export of Pages. I have written a detailed post a few weeks ago. You can find it here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1247733#1247733. But follow only the steps 1 to 12 and 18 to 20. The steps from 13 to 17 are for compression.
If you do so, the shadows should be appear and the fonts and graphics over shadows should be crisp, but without compression. If this is not the quality you want, play with the settings and look if you find the suitable ones for you.
Frank.

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