Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Benedict Holland
Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Benedict Holland
Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com: Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com: Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Benedict Holland
Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Benedict Holland
Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com: Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com: Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Benedict Holland
Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Benedict Holland
Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland : > Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the > Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. > There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-04 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland : > Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the > Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. > There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-03 Thread Ashok
Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can even keep more than one pdf output in tabs. Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary directory. Something similar comes

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-03 Thread Ashok
Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can even keep more than one pdf output in tabs. Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary directory. Something similar comes

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-03 Thread Ashok
Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can even keep more than one pdf output in tabs. Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing Sumatra, I get a message saying something like "Couldn't close temporary directory". Something similar

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-02 Thread STF
On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-02 Thread Juha Meriluoto
On 2.12.2014 21:32, STF wrote: On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz mailto:apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-02 Thread STF
On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-02 Thread Juha Meriluoto
On 2.12.2014 21:32, STF wrote: On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz mailto:apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-02 Thread STF
On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe wrote: > > On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok wrote: >> >>> I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I >>> view >>> a document,

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-02 Thread Juha Meriluoto
On 2.12.2014 21:32, STF wrote: > > > On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe > wrote: > > > On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok

Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread Ashok
I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back! Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat pro? (I have Acrobat Pro

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back! I like sticking to Evince when

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread aparsloe
On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and

Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread Ashok
I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back! Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat pro? (I have Acrobat Pro

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back! I like sticking to Evince when

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread aparsloe
On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and

Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread Ashok
I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back! Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat pro? (I have Acrobat Pro

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok wrote: > I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view > a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat > doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back! > I like sticking to Evince

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

2014-12-01 Thread aparsloe
On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok wrote: I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx