PDF not loading completely on iPAD Acrobat reader

Report · Mar 08, 2020

This is what the pdf looks like when I try to open on iPadPaper opens properly on macThe top picture shows what the pdf looks like on my ipad. No text loaded in. The bottom picture is the same article loaded normally on my macbook.

Report · Mar 08, 2020

This is clearly not the same file that Dov Issacs analyzed for you. I can say that for sure because that file had more than 22 pages, and this file has 5 pages. You don't give us a URL, because you want this to be a real challenge for us, but I found the file, https://terrestrialecosystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lophognathus.pdf

I can report that this is a fairly simple file which uses the Palatino font family, NOT embedded. I can also report that I find in iPhone Acrobat Reader 20.02.00 (20200215.092048) that all the text is missing, though graphics are present. It knows about the text because it can search and highlight. So, you have found a bug.

If you want Adobe to work on it, you should report the bug here: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html . Be sure to include the exact URL that gives the error, and your app version. Fill in the forms carefully. Adobe probably will not reply, but some day in a few months there may be a fix, so keep testing after each update.

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Report · Mar 08, 2020

This seems to have been explained now.

Report · Mar 08, 2020

Can you direct me to a solution, if any?

Report · Mar 17, 2021

Can someone share a solution!? I use the ipad pro with pencil for work and it's showing my documents as blanks while they are totally fine on my laptop!

Please! What do i need to do for a solution? I've downloaded the IOS APP over and over, and even updated my Ipad pro.

Report · Mar 08, 2020

This is clearly not the same file that Dov Issacs analyzed for you. I can say that for sure because that file had more than 22 pages, and this file has 5 pages. You don't give us a URL, because you want this to be a real challenge for us, but I found the file, https://terrestrialecosystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lophognathus.pdf

I can report that this is a fairly simple file which uses the Palatino font family, NOT embedded. I can also report that I find in iPhone Acrobat Reader 20.02.00 (20200215.092048) that all the text is missing, though graphics are present. It knows about the text because it can search and highlight. So, you have found a bug.

If you want Adobe to work on it, you should report the bug here: https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html . Be sure to include the exact URL that gives the error, and your app version. Fill in the forms carefully. Adobe probably will not reply, but some day in a few months there may be a fix, so keep testing after each update.