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PDF not opening correctly in Illustrator CS5

Posted by John Dorling on November 10, 2011 at 4:22 pm

Hi

I have been sent a PDF file created with inDesign which opens fine in Adobe Reader, but when I open it in Illy CS5 the background gradient is not there! Anyone got any ideas why this might be?

Thanks

John

John Dorling replied 12 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Kev Mayger

Member
November 11, 2011 at 11:58 am

Sounds like whoever created the PDF with InDesign has used a filter which Illustrator cannot read. I would suggest throwing the artwork back at the client to do the amendments then supplying you with a print ready file.

Kev
Martin Grimmer

Member
November 11, 2011 at 12:12 pm

Hi John,

Not sure this will work -but maybe worth a try – instead of opening file direct, open new blank window and use ‘place’ command instead.

Martin
John Dorling

Member
November 11, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Thanks for the replies. I asked for an eps copy and it opened fine. Strange thing though, these are the same files I was sent for a job last year with just a change of date and a couple of names, and they opened fine last time as a PDF, but that was on Illy CS3. Anyhoo, all sorted.

John

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