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malcolmThree
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July 2, 2018
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How do I create a PDF of a resume created with a template on a mac and insure it looks the same on PC?

  • July 2, 2018
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I've got 6 hours into creating resume's on my Mac using various templates. The finished product says it's one page when I open it on my Mac. When it's opened on a PC it's two pages and the formatting is off. Do I need to buy an upgraded version of PDF Reader? Like PDF reader/writer?

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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July 2, 2018

A PDF will look the same everywhere, if you use proper software to create and view it. That's the entire point of the format.

How are you creating the file, and where are you viewing it?

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malcolmThreeAuthor
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July 2, 2018

The template was a Microsoft word template. The original file displayed as one page while in word but the .docx file displayed two pages. So I opened the .docx file in Office'04 on my older Mac, looked for any errant page breaks, saved as PDF consisting of ONE PAGE. When the PDF is opened, it has a mysterious page break and comes out as 2 pages. through my 6 hour quest I see that someone else has had a similar problem creating brochures or this guy's problem which is also similar:

export - My outputted PDF looks different on a Mac to a PC - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

Also- The same problem exists when a new resume was created in Pages with a template. ONE page PDF on Mac-Two page PDF on PC. In the above link the respondent  eludes to saving PDF with Adobe suite instead of whatever Apple uses stock.

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malcolmThreeAuthor
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July 3, 2018

Your description of the issue is not clear, and doesn't match the thread you linked to. Please answer the following:

- Was the file created from Word or from InDesign? How did you convert it, exactly (using what command)?

- Are the differences you're seeing between the original file and the PDF, or the PDF and the same PDF on another platform?

- Did you create the PDF once on the Mac and once on the PC, or did you create and viewed a single file?

- What exact version of Acrobat are you using?


The version of acrobat is whatever comes free with a Mac or as a free download. I searched my computer for "Adobe" and "Acrobat" and nothing came up. If I want to turn a document into a PDF...  I hit print and it's one of the options. I created a one page PDF. The recipient opened it and it was two pages with a page break where one would not logically be, making for a quite unprofessional looking resume. The PDF was created on a Mac and opened on a PC. The file was created in Pages which is Apples word processing program. The same thing happened with the original .docx file created on a PC saved as a PDF and opened on a PC.

I was always under the impression that a PDF image was like a picture. If you create a document ... save it as a PDF... WHAT YOU SAVED AND SENT WOULD BE WHAT WAS RECEIVED AND OPENED. Now I'm under the impression that I could send a resume, or return an edited PDF employment application or even a brochure, with pictures and words in SPECIFIC PLACES-professional looking on my computer and the words or images may end up translated in a different way based on the type of computer the recipient has. THIS IS NOT GOOD.

BASICALLY I want to send a PDF and be confident it will look like what I sent when the recipient opens it. This was NOT the case. Is there a specific version I should buy or should I turn whatever image into a Jpeg or some other picture file? I don't want to pay $15 a month for a year for the ability to create a PDF.

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