PDF Portfolio compatible on PC and Mac?

Hello,
I have a very large InDesign file that I will need to seperate into individual PDF files.
I've never used PDF Portfolio before, but have seen some samples and love how it allows 'interconnectivity' between multiple PDF files.
My end-users are on PC and Mac platforms. I am on a PC system. Would my PDF portfolio work on a Mac?
Also, some end-users use extremely old versions of Acrobat. I imagine that the 'PDF Portfolio' may not work on them. Will they still be able to view the individual PDF files?
Delivery method is the files will be burned onto a CD.
Thanks!

With a Mac, it is usually not required to delete an Apple application before re-installing the app if needed. You can re-install the app over the existing, and the same applies to an app provided as a bundle - installed via drag and drop to your hard drive from a mounted disk image after the app was downloaded instead of being installed with an installer. Most 3rd party apps for the Mac are made available and installed as a bundle.
Have you run Software Update located at System Preferences > Software Update since purchasing your Mac?
If so and any update that was available has been installed, try running Disk First Aid which will require booting your Mac from the Snow Leopard install disc included with your Mac purchase. This link provides instructions for doing so.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html

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That's a complete PITA, then. Our local government, for example, commonly
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There is no AR9.4.3 for Linux: do you mean AR9.4.2?
Anyhow my recommendation under Linux would be to stick with AR9.3.4.
I've just checked at my end and it has no problem with your
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I just found the key to trigger this "bug". In Acrobat or Reader's Preferences, choose "International", and there's a "Choose Font" option. I can choose between "Application Default Font" and "GB18030 compliant Font" (I don't know if this later GB18030 option shows in non-Chinese environment).
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Everything we put on the Internet must be ADA compliant. There was some discussion with previous versions of LiveCycle forms inside a PDF portfolio possibly not being compliant because of the navigation issues inside the portfolio itself. Does anyone know if a pdf portfolio is ADA compliant and compatible with JAWS reader? We have several application forms which are over 20 pages long. They have designed the application as one document with several forms that might be needed by our clients.
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I have posted this question there before and didn't receive an answer. Since a portfolio is the only way to combine multiple LiveCycle pdfs, my hope was that someone on the LiveCycle forum would know the answer.
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 01:54:35 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Accessibility and Pdf Portfolios
    Re: Accessibility and Pdf Portfolios
    created by Niall O'Donovan in LiveCycle Designer - View the full discussion
Hi Jeanette, I think your question would be better answered in one of the Acrobat forums: http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat. Good luck, Niall
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