Dan Mishkind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 11/14/02 1:22 PM:

> What would be the problem with this attachment that it would bring my entire
> connection to a halt?

Does your ISP have an "attachment size limit"?  If so, that is probably most
likely the culprit.  To test that theory, just make a large file (use Word
or compress a bunch of images into a .sit archive) and try to send that to
yourself.  See if you get the same error.

Additionally, as I make PDFs all the time, it is possible that the file is
corrupt in some way that you can't visually recognize.  If you generated it
from MS Word, be very careful because Word and PDF Writer do not speak well
to each other.  Every time you print a Word file to PDF Writer, the filename
in the next dialog box after choosing Print will contain one of the MS Word
menu items as the pre-entered file name.  Occassionally, I accidentally
click OK before I change the name (because it is _supposed_ to use the
filename as a starter).  I find that I experience errors in these PDF files
at a higher "incidence rate" than with other PDF files (i.e., ones that I
did not accidentally accept with the bad file name.)  Even if you rename the
file in the Finder, the corruption persists in the file once saved with that
bogus name.

Be sure to properly name (manually) saved PDF files from Word, and remove
any symbol characters (#,+,&, etc.) and use only letters and underscore (_).

I have written to Adobe, but they claim the 'bug' is in Office 2001 (it does
also happen in Excel, but I don't usually make PDFs from there, so I've not
really been annoyed by it.)

Also, if you force acceptance of the PDF generation, even though you are
warned that the margins are being exceeded, then you may have a corrupt PDF
as well.  Use Page Setup for the PDF Writer to change the page dimensions.

HTH,

Gary


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