Preview not showing PDFs properly

I am having major problems reading PDF files, On a snow leopard mac they work fine, but on my leopard mac it doesn't read them properly. Characters go missing etc. They load fine in Adobe Reader. See Attachment.
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Preview uses 3 configuration, or .plist, files. Sometimes .plist files can become corrupt which can mess up an application. With Preview not loaded, find them in library/preferences and rename them: com.apple.preview.plist, com.apple.preview.bookmarks.plist, and com.apple.preview.ImageSizingPresets.plist. When you bring up Preview next time, it will create the default versions of the files. If Preview now works, drag the renamed files to the trash and empty the trash.

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Do a backup.
Quit Preview.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Remove the following.
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