PDFs from Pages - Won't allow backgrounds to be added in Acrobat

It seems when I print a Pages document to PDF, I cannot add a background to the PDF in Adobe Acrobat. I noticed that there is an unresolved post about the exact same problem with iWork Pages 06 so it seems, this has never been addressed. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have a PDF of my letterhead that I use as a background and now I cannot.

PeterBreis0807 wrote:
If they want to fiddle around in Acrobat to achieve this then they need to use Acrobat's Advanced Tools and select the background (white) object and either delete it, or move it to be behind any inserted watermark object.
ie The object order would be +White page object+ (back) / Watermark (middle) / Text (foreground).
I tried doing this in Acrobat Pro 8 for PC and 9 for Mac using Document > Background without success. Acrobat does not even recognise that there is a background, and a new background I add is not shown. I went through Document > Examine document without finding anything suspicious. I also tried the Preflight to see if that would reveal anything unusual in the PDF, but did not find anything.
To me this is a real limitation, even if it does not apply to many users. If you for some reason want to use some of the advanced Background options in Acrobat, I cannot see how you could.
Peter, did you try it in Acrobat and succeed? If so, could you give us a step by step instruction?

Similar Messages

Unable to mark the box 'create Multi-page PDF from page tiles' when saving to pdf-file

I am running Illustrator CS3 on a Mac OSX 10.5.8
I want to print a very large illustrator-file (1000 mm x 900 mm) across mutliple pages of A4-paper (5 x 5 sheets of A4-paper) by saving the file as a multi-page pdf file.
I first followed the instructions provided here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/create-mutli-page-pdf-illustrator.html
When I then tried to save the file: -> File -> Save as -> 'choose .pdf from drop-down menu'
I get to this menu:
I am unable to mark the box that says: 'Create multi-page pdf from page tiles'. I have made a red arrow pointing to the box I want to mark.
I have tried changing the other drop-down menus inside this menu, to see if the box I want to mark could become available, but without any luck.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I would be grateful if anyone could help me set my settings right to allow me to create such a multi-page pdf-file.
Thanks in advance for your help

Your ps file should be good, the problem likely resides elswehere. Maybe in your acrobat install, distillers settings. what error did distiller give?
Mine ran good and got a multi page document, here is a screenshot to help you troubleshoot.
On mac go to system preferences / print and fax / and change your default printer if you have another option. I know sounds like this should not help, but there are problems like Illustrator for example not making .pdfs if you do not have a printer chosen or an old or corrupt .ppd assigned.

Canot email in pdf from pages + keynote with iPad air

I can't email à document in PDF from pages and keynote with iPad air. I reset the iPad an it don't work

Can you mail the files in any other format at all? Did you try emailing a Pages file as a Pages file or as a Word doc?
OK. My response was too late. If you can email them in another format, I don't see how the problem could be with the mail app, but I suppose it's possible anyway. I know that you restored the iPad, and this should help, but try resetting all settings.
Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings. No data will be lost but all of your settings will have to be entered again.

I can't email a PDF from pages on my IPad

I can't email a PDF from pages on my IPad2. I had no problem doing this before installing the most recent update. Any ideas?

Need more info to troubleshoot. What happens when you try? Any error messages?

Creating multi-page PDF from Page Tiles

Trying to save out a page-tiled Illustrator document to multi page PDF. The "Create Multi-Page PDF from Page Tiles" is ghosted/disabled when I save out as PDF; and printing to PDF doesn't size page edges properly. I've followed all directions and re-created new docs to see if I can get this to work, no luck.
Is there a trick I'm missing? Using Illustrator CS3 13.0.2 Mac, Acrobat 8.1.3. Thanks!

This would be hard to answer but you must be missing something the question is what are you doing and how is the document set up and then the really important question what are doing wrong. Which I know you want us to tell you but without knowing what that is we cannot tell you what not to do.
If there is something you can tell that might give us a clue perhaps we can help.

Pages won't allow me to save document, can't gain permission to documetns

Pages won't allow me to save documents, as it claims I don't have permission to access Documents or any other folder I try save anything in. I have gone to file info, made sure documents and all other folders are unlocked, and on the file I have permissions to read and write. Yet despite this, Pages keeps insisting I don't have permission. What can I do?

I have also tried the Disk utility repair function but that did nothing.

When creating a PDF from a PPT or Keynote application on a Mac using Acrobat X Pro, how do I ensure it can be opened on a PC? Do I need to save as a particular version of Acrobat?

When creating a PDF from a PPT or Keynote application on a Mac using Acrobat X Pro, how do I ensure it can be opened on a PC? Do I need to save as a particular version of Acrobat?

The system was not my own, it was on a PC belonging to the school where I teach. The error message referred to Acrobat 9.0, so I assume that the problem is to do with the version on which the file was created being more recent than that on which I attempeted to open it.

Pdf from safari won't open

When I save as a pdf from Safari, I get a file that "Acrobat could not open because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).

Back up all data before making any changes. Please take each of the following steps until the problem is resolved.
Step 1
If Adobe Reader or Acrobat is installed, and the problem is just that you can't print PDF's displayed in Safari, you may be able to print by moving the cursor to the the bottom edge of the page, somewhere near the middle. A black toolbar may appear under the cursor. Click the printer icon.
Step 2
There should be a setting in its preferences of the Adobe application such as Display PDF in Browser. I don't use those applications myself, so I can't be more precise. Deselect that setting, if it's selected.
Step 3
If you get a message such as ""Adobe Reader blocked for this website," then from the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
and check the box marked
Allow Plug-ins
Then click
Manage Website Settings...
and make any required changes to the security settings for the Adobe PDF plugin.
Step 4
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens (command-V), then press return.
From the folder that opens, move to the Trash any items that have "Adobe" or “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari.
Step 5
The "Silverlight" web plugin distributed by Microsoft can interfere with PDF display in Safari, so you may need to remove it, if it's present. The same goes for a plugin called "iGetter," and perhaps others — I don't have a complete list. Don't remove Silverlight if you use the "Netflix" video-streaming service.
Step 6
Do as in Step 4 with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari.

How to load a PDF from page 1 in IE

I am currenty working on a fllex based web application that needs to load multiple PDF documents. The pdfs are loaded and displayed properly but after the user scrolls couple of pages/ lines and switches to a new document, IE saves the last visit cursor position of the pdf document. On user revisit to the first PDF the IE loads it from the last cursor position.
I need to reload the PDF document from Page 1 everytime the user selects to load a pdf document.
Is there any setting in the Adobe Acrobat Page display settings or in the IE that would help me accomplish my task.
Please respond ASAP.
NOTE: The pdf is loaded inside an IFRAME.
Thanks,
-Karun

> I have a feeling that removing the save button will not be possible.
You cannot remove the save button, no, but you can replace its execute method with something that, say, pops up a warning to the user instead.
> Is there any way to just load the file using a URL?
The ActiveX control definitely loads a URL. See the "src" property of the ActiveX control. If you download the SDK, the ActiveView sample actually loads a PDF from a URL by default.

"Save as PDF" from Pages document made it smaller

I have a following problem: I created a simple CD Cover in Pages 09. Then I printed it on my HP 3055 printer and the dimensions were exact and it fit the CD case perfectly.
I need to send this CD cover to a friend, so I created a PDF file via Print -> Save as PDF. Then I verified the printing - to my sheer surprise the cover came out of the printer almost 5mm smaller than it originally was.
I don't want to change (apparantly correct!) size of the CD cover in the original Pages document. I just want a correct PDF out of it. I verified the dimensions of my original Pages document - and it fits A4 paper size on which I'm printing.
I'm confused. Did I miss something?

Thanks for your help. Yes, the cover fits rulers. I searched for "Automatic Page Scaling" which I do remember existing in Print dialogs from some applications - however from Pages I found only this in the Print dialogue, which vaguely ressembles to it:
http://i43.tinypic.com/29f5ch2.jpg
As you see it is greyed out... Thoughts?

Help! How to e-mail a PDF (from Pages) with active web links!

I have been working on this for hours without any success! I would be so grateful for a brainy Apple wiz to help me out. I am creating a Pages document that has active web links in it. My goal is to e-mail my document with the active web links in it.
So - If I export my Pages doc as a PDF to my desktop, the links work great! However - the moment I put that PDF into an email and send it the links become inactive. Is there any way to create a Pages document with web links > Export it as a PDF > Then mail with active (clickable) links? I have tried many times without success.
If the answer to my question is no, does anyone have a tip for where I can create a PDF and mail it with active links? Will any of the Adobe programs work for this type of thing?
Thanks so much!!
Kristen

Using Pages '09 v4.2.
I just tested this. Assumption: You have the “Windows friendly attachments” checked in the attachments panel.
Your Pages document is open. The web links are active. You want to get it into Mail.
From the Pages menu bar, choose Share > Send Via Mail > PDF.
Mail will open with a compose window. Your PDF will be attached as a full view document. You see the links present in the PDF.
Now, click near the web links. This shows your PDF in blue. Now right-button click, and choose View as Icon from the pop-up panel.
Now mail it to yourself on another account that Mail can open.
You will see the web links in the PDF.
Right-button click on a link and from the pop-up menu, choose Open with Safari.
If you chose Quick Look, it would pop open the PDF and offer to open it further in your default PDF viewer. In my case, it is Adobe Reader.
If Reader opens this PDF from the Mail attachment, the web links remain active.
Does this solve your issue?

Press ready PDF from Pages (CMYK + Distiller)

Sorry for the odd title but i wanted to get as much information in there as possible. I am in the process of switching printing companies for the support propaganda that i use to promote my artwork. I make one of a kind pieces of furniture.
In the past I have used inDesign to prepare the layout and then I export a PDF as per the printers instructions. I always start in Pages as it is so fluid for me to use. I want to try to avoid inDesign this time and I could use some advice on getting the most out of Pages.
In this case I am working on a tri fold. The text in it is black or grey and the images have a 1 pix black border around them. The printer specifies values for rich black that i understand how to add via the color wheel and the CMYK sliders.
As of now I have added the images from Aperture.
I set up a pdf preset from Adobe Distiller that converts the images to CMYK and resizes them to 300DPI via bicubic sampling. compression is set to Zip. The printer does not want a color profile so none is imbedded.
From Pages I can print to my Adobe Printer and choose those presets.
What do you think?
Would I get better results if i exported my Aperture images as Tiffs and converted them to CMYK in Photoshop (my old inDesign work flow) and then added them to pages?
I am looking to get the best results for the images and simple text that i use. I should mention the the last element that I have is white text over an image. Are there any problems with Pages created text or graphics when sent to a Professional Printing Press?
Many thanks and I would be happy to provide more information if it would help in answering my questions.

Soooo, worked on this with my printer and this is what we came up with. He sampled the different Images (on one doc) and some came in at 230 dpi. some 600. so we have concluded that Pages will do a good job as for keeping the res. You just have to make sure; for example the 230 was a 300 5x7ish then I resized in the Mask to go up width 2 inches and of course lost the res.- so of course i must go back to the source and make my adjustment say in photoshop. WORK FLOW- i have decided to just layout> then go back as needed ( just the enlarged image). CMYK- the printer said DON"T take it out to photoshop to convert to CMYK ( as they can do it easy enough) and you risk sharpness in the font.
So that was a fun day of research!

Pages won't allow me to type in a new document

I have Pages '09 version 4.3. When I went to open a new document today, the blank new document will not allow me to type in it. I can insert a table and type in that fine, but if I try to just type a list or document, it won't allow me to do anything. The cursor doesn't even appear when I try to click in the document itself. I have restarted and shut down the computer already with no resolution of the problem. Suggestions?

You opened a blank Layout template.
Go back to the Template Chooser and choose a Word Processor template instead. They are listed in the sidebar.
Peter

Why are my photos distorted in my PDF from Pages?

I have a PDF generated from Pages via “Print to PDF” (vs Save as PDF), and 6 out of 10 photos are jumbled. I have never seen this before from Pages, but it looks like a post-script error. Re-saving did not help...any suggestions?
Thank you!

I am guessing (you have not provided much detail) that you have used the fancier frames or effects in Pages 5.
Apple has removed over 90+ features and many of the remaining features are buggy.
If you had a previous version of Pages, it should still be in your Applications/iWork folder. Use that.
Peter

Interactive pdf from CS5 won't work on Adobe Digitial Editions

I am an ebook publisher creating enhanced ebooks with video, using CS5 to produce interactive pdfs. These work fine on Reader 9, but why won't they work on Digital Editions? This is crucial if they are to be delivered online.

I totally agree with vivrainbow. there is absolutely no point at all in creating an ebook reader if it is not going to display an ebook correctly. It's a complete debacle.
I've just started experimenting with pdf from CS5.5 and found that a pdf which displays and works perfectly in Adobe Reader, does not do so in ADE (and i hate the way ADE displays a watermark which is set to only show at print).
And writing off this complaint as "actually rather special" is actually rather ridiculous. ebook publishers are not in control of the software their end users choose. if someone has a bad experience reading an ebook in ADE they are just as likely to blame it on a crappy ebook file rather than ****** software.

PDFs from Pages - Won't allow backgrounds to be added in Acrobat

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for