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• • June 17, 2010 at 3:03 pm #56092
    Anonymous

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    For some reason one of my indesign manuals started exporting to “Notepad” when I go through File>Adobe PDF Presets…

    I have no idea what has changed to make it not create a PDF. I've tried all the PDF preset options and each time it goes through the process and opens Notepad where I get some sort of hieroglyphics or the Klingon alphabet instead of a PDF.

    Any ideas as to why this is happening? Setting?

    Thanks!

    Adam

  • June 18, 2010 at 2:27 am #56094
    Theunis De Jong

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    It sounds as if your system is malfunctioning, and opening a PDF starts Notepad instead of Acrobat. You can test this by double-clicking a PDF in the Explorer. You can check your file extension associations and possibly repair them, or perhaps it's easier to de-install, then re-install Acrobat.

    If double-clicking a PDF does start Acrobat, rather than Notepad, in the Explorer, and it's just this one file that does not work … paint me purple and call me an eggplant. The “automatically open PDF” has ID tell your system “hey! show me this PDF” — it doesn't actually start the program itself.

  • June 18, 2010 at 2:43 am #56095
    Anonymous

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    Sounds like you've changed your File Association for PDFs to open in Notepad.

    What OS are you on?

    Google, without quotes, the following “Change File Association <insert your OS>”

  • June 21, 2010 at 7:24 am #56115
    Anonymous

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    Thanks guys – But it is only the one file that appears to be doing this. I have other manuals that I can go to Adobe Presets and create a PDF. Its just his one file that it is doing this on…I don't have any other issues with opening other PDFs or creating a PDF from other ID files.

  • June 21, 2010 at 8:24 am #56117
    Theunis De Jong

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    Okay … I can actually duplicate this behaviour, but only if I export to “test.txt” instead of “test” (which is saved as “test.pdf”) and even “test.” (saved as “test..pdf” (!)).

    Does your ID document name contain a period? (… unlikely to be the actual problem, because even if I name a file “test.txt.indd”, it gets exported by default as “test.txt.pdf”. Nevertheless … does it?)

  • June 21, 2010 at 8:39 am #56119
    Anonymous

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    it does have a period…but so does the one that is working. I have the revision number in the title.

    i.e. Reference Manual Rev1.2010

    Fortunately — I can go to “Print” and just print to Adobe PDF and create a .pdf of the manual — so needless to say I have a workaround, I am just perplexed as to why now all of sudden it opens Notepad on this particular file when exporting to PDF.

    Thanks for the feedback!

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