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I'm sending letters to publishers who request PDFs.
Using pages, I can choose the print option and make a PDF using Preview.
But I'm sure many of these publishers use Windoze. Can I still send it via Preview (Windows Friendly Attachments) or should I download Adobe Reader and save them in that format?
One other question. This is a ONE PAGE PDF -- but it keeps showing up as a two page PDF-- with the second page blank. How do I make it just show up as ONE PAGE?
Thanks, Dan

Adobe Reader won't generate PDFs. And I'd avoid it like the plague... it will hijack Safari's PDF viewing... really it's a piece of crap.
Generate a PDF via "print" as you've done and you can just email it. It will come across fine to Windows users, and there's no need to send Windows-friendly attachments.
If you want to chop off the second page, when you print, just select "print pages 1... to 1." before clicking the button to save as PDF. That will work fine... I do it all the time.

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