Latex Equations in Keynote as PDF.

I use Latex-IT or Latex Equation Editor to create equations as PDF files and drop them in Keynote. They work file for some time.
But, after a few days or so, when I open the keynote files, the PDF equations are not displayed properly. Sometimes, this goes off when I restart the system; sometimes it doesn't.
This happens with other files when I generate PDFs from Omnigraffle etc. I cannot view it in Preview correctly, but can view the PDFs in Acrobat Reader correctly. Looks like whenever Preview (or the underlying OS feature) is used for reading PDFs, the problems arise.
I will be happy to give example PDF files that you can check with.
Thanks,
Macademia Nut.

It definitely sounds like a problem with the underlying OS, since Keynote, Preview and OmniGraffle use the same native resources whereas Adobe Acrobat has it's own way of processing the PDFs. The recent Tiger update was supposed to solve some of these glitches.
You could try saving a few of the problematic PDFs from Adobe Acrobat or even Illustrator to see if that gives you a workable file.
The other possibility is to re-export your equations in TIFF format from LaTex Equation Editor. It's not as ideal as PDF, but at least you'll will have something that works.
It would be worthwhile to send feedback to Apple and let them know of your problems. It could be that the formatting in your PDFs have uncovered some bug in the system that they are not aware of.

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