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Q&A: Mixed Arabic and Roman script

Word documents and PDFs containing mixed Arabic and Roman scripts do not display correctly. Why?

October 1, 2015 Macs, Technology

Sudden disconnection of PDF files: an error deconstructed

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What has broken when Preview no longer opens PDF documents? The answer is more complex than it might appear.

September 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Blocked PDF access

After an OS X upgrade, Safari cannot open PDFs, reporting that Adobe Reader is blocked for each site. How can I fix this?

September 17, 2015 Macs, Technology

Why I will dance on Flash’s grave

Announcing Flash’s deathdate is but the first in a tough and painful road to restoring confidence in Adobe and its products.

July 16, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Adobe Tax Avoidance: a CC alternative for the prosumer

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For prosumers, who need high-end power but can choose how we get it, Adobe CC posed the problem of how to assemble a suite of apps which could do much the same thing, only without the interminable cost.

July 12, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Compressing a huge PDF

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How can I squeeze a 12 MB PDF so that I can send it via email?

July 10, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Pages + Finale = Opera

I am assembling an opera using Pages and Finale, into a PDF in Preview. Sometimes pages are replaced with blanks. How can I get this to work?

June 27, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Batch printing to PDF

I used to use Adobe’s Virtual Printer to batch print folders of documents to PDF. Can you suggest a suitable replacement?

June 4, 2015 Macs, Technology

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