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Convert to JPG doesn't save the file

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
November 16, 2022
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Hi there so I have had the user try to convert a pdf file to a jpg file 3 different ways and none of them actually create the file.

This is happening for a few users in our organization if we go file, convert the progress bar moves slowly and then you go to find the file and it's not there. Then if you go file, save as tick the convert box it moves quicker and then you can actually see the file in file explorer. However when you open the file it says that it has been moved or deleted and then the file disappears from file explorer.

Would appreciate some help with this as it is causing our users quite some frustration.

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Correct answer Judith3126007055wu

It looks like it's a setting in the Security (Enhanced) tab.
Go to Edit > Preferences > Security (Enhanced) and clear the check box Enable Protected Mode at startup. See attachment.

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Miguel273943438u0c

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I had the same issue and find out if you "save as" instead of exporting, you will be able to save it as a JPEG.

Peter J Kovacs

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I'm having the same issue on latest Acrobat 24.1

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Carbon Editions

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Working well when output to another folder other than where the original pdf is.

Karl Heinz Kremer

Community Expert

Is the original folder read-only? Is it mapped to a cloud storage system (Dropbox, OneCloud, ...)?

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Mark32735164q2ce

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Well if it is a profile issue then the person I just tried to assist and their colleage and indeed myself all have faulty profiles.

Or maybe it is not a profile issue at all.

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Judith3126007055wuCorrect answer

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It looks like it's a setting in the Security (Enhanced) tab.
Go to Edit > Preferences > Security (Enhanced) and clear the check box Enable Protected Mode at startup. See attachment.

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Trent32989921e8si

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WINNER! Nice job Judith, you solved the puzzle with clearing the check xo in security settings.

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sidrunitops

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One year later - still having this bug :S

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29371939qn09

Participant

I don't know if this will help, but today I had the same issue. It has been working all this time and I save to the same place on a network server. Then today it just stopped working. It looks like it worked but when I go to access the file there is no file created. I opened the file in the same place I want to export the jpg but choose a different location to export (in my case I chose Downloads) and the file exported as it should. I am not sure why all of a sudden I am having this issue but it works as long as I choose a different folder location than where the PDF file exists.

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Elpenoor

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Thanks for your post - I tried it, and while the file seems to be created, it didn't work for me, alas 😞

gary_sc

Community Expert

I'm not sure what's causing your saving issue, but I suggest you reconsider the JPG aspect.

JPG is great for photos where details are obscured by the varying pixels of flowers, people, sand, etc. But for text, JPG is a dreadful format. What happens is that to make the file smaller, you get JPG degradation. Below I have two screenshots: one is a JPG, and one is a PNG of the same file. In both, you can see the pixelation caused by zooming in, but one displays the "junk" left over from the degradation.

BTW, besides the degradation of the JPG, the JPG file was 1.4 MB, and the PNG was 687 kb. Please note that if there was a photograph on the PDF being converted, the larger file would very probably have been the PNG.

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Elpenoor

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It seems that others have the same problem too: see e.g. https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/pdf-to-jpg-does-not-work/m-p/13319615

I also briefly saw the jpg-icon in the folder where I wanted to save the exported jpg but it disappears quickly. Surely a bug, but now to find the cause ...

Karl Heinz Kremer

Community Expert

You are right, this does look like a bug in Acrobat. I am trying to get Adobe's attention. Between the two threads, there are at least four people affected by this.

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Elpenoor

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FYI: I have just updated to 2022.003.20282 but the problem persists.

Karl Heinz Kremer

Community Expert

What application are you using to do this export to JPEG? In Acrobat, I use File>Export To>Image>JPEG and that has always worked without a problem.

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