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robf85345604
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July 25, 2022
Question

PDF not displaying on some pcs, however works fine on others.

  • July 25, 2022
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Hi

 

Have a pdf which doesn’t display correctly on some pcs. Other pcs are fine.

 

Checked fonts, it only has 3. All pcs have these fonts. Tried local fonts on and off.

Attached picture of scrambled version

If I export the scrambled PDF to word it reads correctly as a word document. Exporting back to pdf and it reads ok as a pdf.

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3 replies

maxwithdax
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 26, 2022

Have you tried the Preflight Fixup to embed fonts? 

Print Production > Preflight 

Then make sure the PDF Standards selection is in the top of the dropdown.

Click the blue wrench for the single-item fixup

Type font into the search.

Click Fix.

It will prompt you to save the document.

 

 

Amal.
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 25, 2022

Hi there

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble.

 

As described the PDF file is displayed correctly on some PCs and not on others, Please check for any missing/pending updates for the computer OS and try updating it and check.

 

Please try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Win on the affected machines and try using the application there and check.

 

Also, share the PDF file in question so that we can check it at our end https://helpx.adobe.com/document-cloud/help/sharing-pdfs.html

 

You may also go through the help page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-fonts.html and see if that works.

 

Regards

Amal

robf85345604
Participant
July 26, 2022
robf85345604
Participant
July 25, 2022

All pcs Windows 10 Pro , all HP, different models

Some PC using free adobe reader, all updated and latest version.

1 Pc a has adobe acrobat version 2022.001.20169

Acrobat and some Free versions do not display correctly

 

All PCs up to date 21H2