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AcrobatReaderNotes version 8, including all changes.
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!!! Locale issues |
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If you are using RedHat 9 or [Fedora], AcrobatReader will probably crash at launch due to a problem with character sets: |
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<verbatim> |
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Warning: charset "UTF-8" not supported, using "ISO8859-1". |
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aborting |
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</verbatim> |
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This problem occurs if your locale is set to one that uses UTF-8, which many distributions are now defaulting to. On other distributions (such as [Debian] and [Slackware]), AcrobatReader prints out the warning but doesn't abort. The locale(1) command will tell you what your locate is set to. |
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The workaround is to edit <tt>''$PREFIX''/Acrobat5/bin/acroread</tt> and add the following lines near the top |
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<verbatim> |
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LANG=C |
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export LANG |
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</verbatim> |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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See the UnicodeNotes page if you have no idea what "UTF-8" or "ISO-8859-1" means. <tt>:-)</tt> |
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!!! Speeding up load times |
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[Adobe] Reader 6.0 (only available on MicrosoftWindows) launches slowly because it loads a lot of usually superfluous plugins. Remove all files except for <tt>EWH32.api</tt>, <tt>printme.api</tt>, and <tt>search.api</tt> from the <tt>C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\plug_ins</tt> directory (change this depending on where Reader is installed) and it will launch much faster. |
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Similar speedups can be achieved with other versions, including the older ones for [Linux], where the directory is <tt>''$PREFIX''/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/plug_ins/</tt>. |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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!!! Printing multiple pages onto just one sheet of paper |
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Go to <i>File → Print</i> as usual. In the <i>Page Scaling</i> dropdown in the <i>Page Handling</i> section, pick <i>Multiple Pages Per Sheet</i>. This will reveal other options to adjust how many pages will be printed on a single sheet. Very handy for bulk print jobs. |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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!!! Fixing the <tt>expr: syntax error</tt> problem |
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[See Javier Arturo Rodríguez | http://javier.rodriguez.org.mx/index.php/2007/06/01/fix-adobe-acrobat-readers-expr-syntax-error-message/]. |
