** Changed in: poppler
Status: Confirmed => Unknown
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Title:
PDF v1.7 asks to upgrade Adobe Reader
Status in Poppler:
Unknown
Status in poppler package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
Evince cannot read the pdf format created with Adobe 8.1.3
This results in the file displaying the below message. Presumably, this is
the message that Adobe Reader 8.1.3 and higher will save into the pdf files for
readers that are only familiar with older pdf formats. This kind of
monopolizing is typical of closed source programs.
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To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the
PDF viewer. You can upgrade
to the latest version of Adobe Reader from
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html
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Original complaint is below. The complaint inaccurately attributes the
message to a mistake on the part of the linux pdf readers.
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Binary package hint: evince
1) I am using Ubuntu 8.10 with all updates installed as of the time of
this writing (Jan. 26, 2009).
2) The version of the Evince Document Viewer is 2.24.1.
3) What I expected:
By opening the PDF in Adobe's PDF viewer, this PDF is a editable form with
text boxes, drop-down menus, check boxes, and two buttons to initiate emailing
or printing the form.
4) What actually happened:
This following message was displayed (within the document as though that is
what the document actually was):
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To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the
PDF viewer. You can upgrade
to the latest version of Adobe Reader from
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html
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No Linux or Ubuntu user should have to see a message like
that...telling them they have to use non-free software.
I am in the process of asking the author of the file information about
how she made it...like what program she used, what version it is, and
possibly what version of the PDF standard it is, in case that
information would help. I will edit this report and comment below if
I have any new information.
Sorry that I don't know if this is a truly an Evince bug or Poppler
bug. I am doing the best I can to help.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: evince 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686
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