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Mac Mini OS:10.6.8 Safari 5.1.7 in 64bit mode Adobe Reader 10.1.3
For years I've been able to save a web page(Save As) as a PDF document. If there was a problem I would go to Print then 'Save As' PDF.
Now, for 7 or 8 weeks this rarely works. When I try to save a PDF document already appearing in the browser window, I get the message: "The document could not be exported". Then going to Print>PDF>Save As a PDF > Document appears on my desktop but opens to a single blank page!
Any ideas as to what's going wrong?

Thanks for reply but surely after having no problems for years using Adobe Reader & PDF, with no change to my OS since last year, everything points to something happening after the recent update, Reader v10.1.3?
I have posted on a Mac forum but with no solutions.

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