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Paul, File menu Save attachments Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: paul anderson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 7:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] > > Melvin: > > On additional question --- a very basic, and probably stupid question --- > "What is the step-by-step process to save the attachment"? > > I hit save on the e-mail message with the attachment and save only the > e-mail message. I hit the attachment with the left clicker once and then > "save as" and I still only save the e-mail message, but not the > attachment. When I hit the attachment with the left clicker tweice I get > the message that the pdf attachment is improperly decoded. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Paul Anderson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Melvin Backus <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 8:21 PM > Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] > > Hi Paul, > > I've had numerous complaints from friends and clients with > essentially the same complaint. They, like you, were using Outlook > Express. It seems to be a fairly common issue. For some time I found > that having them save the attachment first, then opening the saved file > worked reliably, but I've since found that in several of the cases, the > problem was related to file associations being missing or wrong. Make > sure that the association for the pdf extension is assigned to Acrobat. > If that still doesn't resolve the issue, or it is in fact already that > way, you should still be able to fall back to the "save and then open" > mode. > > At 10:19 AM 7/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > > I have a problem. > > I am operating a computer running on Windows 2000 > Professional. > > I cannot decode pdf messages "received as attachments to > e-mails". Message I receive states that "Message was not decoded > properly. This version of Windows 2000 is not supported. You should > upgrade to ServcicePack 2 and run setup again". > > I have upgraded not only to Service Pack 2 but Service Pack > 3 and 4 as well. > > Still my computer does not decode "pdf messages received as > attachments to e-mails". > > I would appreciate your assistance. > > Paul Anderson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Melvin Backus > Primary Wizard > Sleepy Dragon Technical Services > > www.sleepydragon.net <http://www.sleepydragon.net/> > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
