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?
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:
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.
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.
A PDF should look the same on every OS and with any reader you use. That is one of the advantages of that format and was initially its intend: giving you an e-copy of a document instead of a paper print.
ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
No version of Acrobat comes free with a Mac. You have to pay for it.
From your description is sounds like you're not using any Adobe software, so your question should be directed at the company who created the (faulty) PDF creator you're using, most likely Apple.
And yes, if you want to be able to create (proper and valid) PDF files you might need to pay for it, just like you need to pay for the ability to create Word documents. Adobe offers Acrobat Pro or some web-based services that can do it. I recommend you use those and the results will be much better.
If by "that software" you mean Acrobat Pro DC, then yes, it's something like that. You can also subscribe on a monthly basis, but then it's more expensive per-month, of course.
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It seems THAT is the answer to my question! It will cost me $179.88 a year to make a PDF of a resume that will look the same on a PC or a Mac. I had no idea it was so expensive. Thanks again!
Actually, no, I suspect you'll have the same problem. It's important to realize what is actually happening. A PDF will look the same wherever you view it; it doesn't matter how you make the PDF. The problem is that you are making the PDF from Word, which is choosing to add a page when you make the PDF. This is not unusual or surprising. Word does not keep a fixed layout, so it may look different on your screen, my screen, and each printer.
My suggestion is to add a little extra space into the Word document and experiment. Buy Acrobat if you like, but you'll still have to fix this Word issue.
It seems THAT is the answer to my question! It will cost me $179.88 a year to make a PDF of a resume that will look the same on a PC or a Mac. I had no idea it was so expensive. Thanks again!
That's a pretty strange way of putting it. You're paying for the right to have access to the application, which allows you to do many things. You can create and edit thousands of files in that time.
If you only need to create a single PDF file then use the free 7-day trial version and it won't cost you a thing. You can also subscribe to Acrobat and use it for just one month. That costs about $35, if I remember correctly.
No, that’s not the answer. There are different possibilities. But you need to create a PDF that is conform to the definition.
Personally, I never had your problem even with non Adobe PDF creators. I even used free solutions like Ghostscript without a problem. It’s like building your own PC, but instead of hardware, you assemble software components.
If you invest in Acrobat, however, you get the product of the market leader. That too is not without problems, when you read the fora.
Never read about your problem.
ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
And am I to understand that software is $179.88 a year?
Somewhere there around.
But there are alternatives from third parties or built into your OS. But as this is a forum for Adobe (software) users, help for third party programs is limited simply because the expertise is missing. As a user, I would give recommendations for any program, if I would have the expertise and if that would not clog the fora.
ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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