A PDF document can't be opened in Adobe Acrobat Pro

Question

A PDF can be opened successfully in Edge and saved but when try to open in Adobe Pro, it is failing with error, "There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading the document"

AnandSri · Accepted Answer

Hello Srinivas,

I hope you're doing well, and we apologize for the delayed response and the trouble.

As correctly highlighted by our community product expert, the PDF seems to be broken or corrupt. When opened in Acrobat, it shows an error message while processing the PDF or the specific page with the error. Ensure the PDF file isn't corrupted or damaged.

For testing purposes, you can disable the protected mode to see if you can open the PDF. Go to Menu > Preferences > Security (Enhanced). Uncheck Enable Protected Mode at startup. Click OK, and restart Adobe Acrobat Pro. Note: Disabling Protected Mode can pose security risks. Re-enable it after troubleshooting.

If you own the PDF file, try re-creating it using Acrobat or asking the owner to resend it. Use "Save As" to Rebuild the File. If the file partially opens, save a copy via File > Save As Other > Optimized PDF or Reduced Size PDF. See this article for more details: https://adobe.ly/4c0ADYn

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Anand Sri.

MikelKlink · Answer

This is not uncommon. Most PDF viewers accept (and on the fly fix) a set of errors in PDFs they open. But it's not the same set for different viewers. So there are some broken PDFs one PDF viewer can still make sense of while there are some others another viewer fixes somehow.

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