Trouble Opening a PDF

I am using a PC with windows 2007. I am now having problems opening PDFs. The error report says "there was an error in Initialization." What could be the problem please? Has anyone encountered this error message? I tried using the, "repair" and also I uninstalled and reinstalled. What could be the problem? Thank you! This is for Adobe reader.

Hi Pat. I'm not sure what you mean. No one has answered my question that I can see. I'll look again. Thanks!

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Hmm, "Use Adobe Reader" should launch the PDF outside of Firefox in the stand-alone Adobe Reader application, so seeing it in a tab is something of a puzzle.
Could you check your version of Adobe Reader? For Windows 7, you normally would have the Reader XI series (Reader 11), which has had several updates. From inside Adobe Reader, you can use Help > Check for Updates to make sure it's current.
In Firefox, could you check your Adobe Acrobat plugin version or possibly versions? You can view that on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
* "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Plugins. If you find multiple versions, this can cause problems and may need to be cleaned up manually (post back on that for suggestions).
Sometimes, the settings file which stores those download handler preferences becomes corrupted and there's not much else to do than to rename or remove that file and let Firefox rebuild it.
To do that, open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using either
* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Troubleshooting Information
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* type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter
In the first table on the page, click the "Show Folder" button. This will launch a new window (Windows Explorer window) listing various settings files.
Leaving that window open, switch back to Firefox and Exit, either:
* "3-bar" menu button > "power" button
* (menu bar) File > Exit
Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename '''mimeTypes.rdf''' to something like mimeTypes.old
Start Firefox back up again and "PDF Files" should be back to their default setting of "Preview in Firefox". Try changing that to "Use Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox)" and test to see whether there's any improvement.

Trouble opening a pdf file

From the Internet I have downloaded a adobe pdf file. It's not possible to open the file. Can anybody help me
Error :
Handleiding_boekhoudpakket.pdf can not be opend because this type of file is not supported or because the file is corrupt

Op 24 jan. 2015, om 04:35 heeft Pat Willener <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:
Trouble opening a pdf file
created by Pat Willener <https://forums.adobe.com/people/pwillener> in Adobe Reader - View the full discussion <https://forums.adobe.com/message/7127025#7127025>
What is your operating system? —> MAC OS X Yosemite v 10.10.1
Reader version? —> Reader XI v 11.0.0
Can you open that file with a text editor? —> NO
Check if the first four bytes contain %PDF —> NO
If not, check if the constant %PDF can be found somewhere in the first 1024 bytes. —> NO
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Trouble opening a pdf file on my macbook air

I am trying to open a pdf attachment that was sent to me. I am opening it on my macbook air but it says it is not supported. Can anyone help?

I would probably delete it first (I think there is an uninstaller) and then download the latest version from Adobe.
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I have the current Reader but am having trouble opening online pdfs

I have the current Adobe Reader installed but am running into an issue opening online PDF docs. My computer says "This PDF document might not be displayed correctly. Open with a Different Viewer."
I tried today and got this message:
To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade
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In Firefox, type "about:config" (minus the quotes) in the address bar.
A window will open with a warning.
Click "It's OK, I'll be careful" and open the configuration window.
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In the results you'll see "pdfjsviewer disabled" with a value of "true".
Right click "true" and toggle it to "false".
Close the configuration window.
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I've saved a PDF of a booklet created in InDesign (CS4) I want to print. When I try to open it, Adobe reader (9.3.1) gives me this message:
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Anyone else having trouble opening CMYK PDFs from Photoshop CC with JPEG 'high' compression?

(Cross-post from the Photoshop forum, where I was asked to post in the Acrobat forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5553829 )
When I save a PDF file in Photoshop CC in CMYK color with JPEG compression (quality = high), it will save without any errors. However, when I open the file in Acrobat (11.0.3), I get an "Out of Memory" pop up error. I press Ok, and the document is just displayed as a blank white image.
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PDF format, RGB color, any other settings --> Acrobat can open the file.
PDF format, CMYK, no compression --> Acrobat can open the file.
PDF format, CMYK, JPEG compression [medium] --> Acrobat can open the file.
PDF format, CMYK, JPEG compression [high] --> Acrobat can NOT open the file because it encounters the "out of memory" error.
PDF format, CMYK, JPEG compression [maximum] --> Acrobat can open the file.
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Updated:
Like you said, there isn't enough information to rule out an issue with Photoshop CC, as the same action using Photoshop CS6 results in a usable file.
New information (while making files for uploading):
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In Firefox, could you check your Adobe Acrobat plugin version or possibly versions? You can view that on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
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In the left column, click Plugins. If you find multiple versions, this can cause problems and may need to be cleaned up manually (post back on that for suggestions).
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To do that, open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using either
* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Troubleshooting Information
* (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
* type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter
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Leaving that window open, switch back to Firefox and Exit, either:
* "3-bar" menu button > "power" button
* (menu bar) File > Exit
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Back up all data.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
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~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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