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CFA-341
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Apr 28, 2016 5:41 PM UTC
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Checkered Background appearing on Adobe PDF Word.doc File...?

Created a MSWord document on my iMac and saved it as a PDFile using Acrobat Adobe a couple months ago. 

Opened the PDF version this morning and each page was covered with a gray checkered pattern that I was unable to get rid of -- any ideas/suggestions as to what caused this problem and just how do I eliminate this pattern from each page...? 

Thanks for any assist.  CFA-341

    try67
    try67Correct answer
    Community Expert
    Apr 28, 2016 8:23 PM UTC

    Go to the Edit menu (might be the Acrobat menu on a Mac) - Preferences - Page Display and tick off "Show transparency grid".

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    Rob Pfaffmann
    Participant
    Jan 15, 2024 11:08 PM UTC

    It very frustrating for upgrades to change defaults settings like background transparency. It took me a half hour to find it while on deadline. Adobe please think about your users when changing setting defaults!

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      try67
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      try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      Apr 28, 2016 8:23 PM UTC

      Go to the Edit menu (might be the Acrobat menu on a Mac) - Preferences - Page Display and tick off "Show transparency grid".

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        CFA-341Author
        Participant
        Apr 29, 2016 12:40 AM UTC

              -- thanks for the tip - worked like a charm!

                    -- for some reason, the grid preference you described seemed to activate itself...  had previously accessed this file with no background pattern - then all of the sudden - it's there a couple wks later...

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