RE: SOLVED Re: Acrobat displays only B/W
Yikes - as a frequent user of Windows shortcut keys, I really appreciate knowing that. Thanks! -Original Message- Turns out that at some point I had attempted a Redo command by using Control-Y -- the opposite of Control-Z in most applications, but NOT in Acrobat. Control-Y toggles "Proof Colors" and when you turn it ON, your colours go OFF. Really intuitive, Adobe, thanks ;-) Seeing the world through rose-tinted glasses once again, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 _ Lea Rush Software and Documentation Specialist Astoria-Pacific International PO Box 830 Clackamas OR 97015 PH: 800-657-3010 FAX: 503-655-7367 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
SOLVED Re: Acrobat displays only B/W
Art Campbell wrote: > Have you checked your video card drivers lately, to make sure they're > up to date? > > Art > > Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent > and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > > > 2008/9/15 Stuart Rogers : >> Win XP SP2 >> Acrobat Pro 6.0 >> Dell Precision 360, Pentium 4, 3 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 14GB free disk space >> on C: drive >> >> All of a sudden my Acrobat Pro 6 has lost the ability to display colour. >> All PDFs I open, whether created on my PC or downloaded from other >> sources (and known to be colour documents), display in black and white >> only. Printing these docs from Acrobat works fine -- colour as expected. >> >> Cold or warm reboot does not help. >> >> Have I accidentally hit a keyboard shortcut that turned off colour? Any >> other ideas? I looked through all the Preferences, but I don't see >> anything that looks likely. Other than that, I don't know where to >> start :-( >> >> Thanks for any suggestions... >> Thanks Art, I tried your suggestion and indeed found a newer driver, but that did not fix the problem. Then I tried Detect and Repair from the Help menu, and that did not fix the problem. However, it made me pull out my installation CD, and while the "repair" was being carried out, I glanced idly through the Getting Started Guide. And there I saw a mention of Preflight and CMYK separations (stuff I never use), and I thought hm, maybe I'm somehow seeing just the K separation??? Turns out that at some point I had attempted a Redo command by using Control-Y -- the opposite of Control-Z in most applications, but NOT in Acrobat. Control-Y toggles "Proof Colors" and when you turn it ON, your colours go OFF. Really intuitive, Adobe, thanks ;-) Seeing the world through rose-tinted glasses once again, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink." ? George Orwell
Acrobat displays only B/W
Win XP SP2 Acrobat Pro 6.0 Dell Precision 360, Pentium 4, 3 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 14GB free disk space on C: drive All of a sudden my Acrobat Pro 6 has lost the ability to display colour. All PDFs I open, whether created on my PC or downloaded from other sources (and known to be colour documents), display in black and white only. Printing these docs from Acrobat works fine -- colour as expected. Cold or warm reboot does not help. Have I accidentally hit a keyboard shortcut that turned off colour? Any other ideas? I looked through all the Preferences, but I don't see anything that looks likely. Other than that, I don't know where to start :-( Thanks for any suggestions... -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink." ? George Orwell
SOLVED Re: Acrobat displays only B/W
Yikes - as a frequent user of Windows shortcut keys, I really appreciate knowing that. Thanks! -Original Message- Turns out that at some point I had attempted a Redo command by using Control-Y -- the opposite of Control-Z in most applications, but NOT in Acrobat. Control-Y toggles "Proof Colors" and when you turn it ON, your colours go OFF. Really intuitive, Adobe, thanks ;-) Seeing the world through rose-tinted glasses once again, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 _ Lea Rush Software and Documentation Specialist Astoria-Pacific International PO Box 830 Clackamas OR 97015 PH: 800-657-3010 FAX: 503-655-7367
Acrobat displays only B/W
Stuart, Ironically, Acrobat has never had any "black and white display mode." Congratulations, you've invented a new feature for an old product. However, Acrobat does have an "accessibility" display feature (although I don't recall how many versions back that went - Acrobat 6 is over 5 years old now - current version is Acrobat 9). CTRL-K and then go for the accessibility pane or if there isn't one, wander through the various preferences to see if you somehow toggled the accessibility display feature on. This feature allows customization of Acrobat's display screen for users with vision problems and one or more of those modes could be monochromatic. Let us know if that was it. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Stuart Rogers > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 8:07 AM > > Win XP SP2 > Acrobat Pro 6.0 > Dell Precision 360, Pentium 4, 3 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 14GB free disk space > on C: drive > > All of a sudden my Acrobat Pro 6 has lost the ability to display colour. > All PDFs I open, whether created on my PC or downloaded from other > sources (and known to be colour documents), display in black and white > only. Printing these docs from Acrobat works fine -- colour as expected. > > Cold or warm reboot does not help. > > Have I accidentally hit a keyboard shortcut that turned off colour? Any > other ideas? I looked through all the Preferences, but I don't see > anything that looks likely. Other than that, I don't know where to > start :-( > > Thanks for any suggestions... > > -- > Stuart Rogers
