Re: PDF versions

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

First of all, NEVER use an ASCII editor to "fix" a PDF file. That
normally won't fix anything and more likely will corrupt the PDF file.

Secondly, if all you did was to make the "minor" changes you say you
did, the PDF file retains its ability to be opened by Acrobat Reader 3
without any problems. Whenever you save a file in Acrobat 5, it
sets the version to 1.4 since it does not do any validation to ascertain
if any changes have been made to the document, possibly by third party
plug-ins that would make the document incompatible with any version
earlier than PDF 1.4 (i.e., Acrobat 5).

        - Dov


At 12/6/2002 06:30 AM, Teasdale, Steven  (IndSys,Pwr Mgt,UR) wrote:
>Hello Framers
>
>I am using FrameMaker 7 and Acrobat 5.05 to create PDFs for a website. I am
>"saving as PDF" and using the "Screen" job options to create a file in
>Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2) format.
>
>However, it turns out that I need to make minor changes and additions to the
>generated bookmarks. After I do this, the file is always saved in Acrobat
>5.0 (PDF 1.4) format. Is there any way to make small changes to the
>bookmarks in Acrobat 5 and have the file remain in PDF 1.2 format after a
>save? I have scoured the documentation and have been unable to find
>anything. 
>
>Thanks,
>Steven Teasdale
>GE Multilin 
>
>N.B. Changing the header of the new PDF file to %PDF-1.2 didn't work!


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