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Here are some quotes from Dov Isaacs of Adobe, one of our patron
saints around here:<br>
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><i> Although you CAN have both Reader and Acrobat installed
simultaneously</i><i> (assuming the same version), it is very
strongly NOT RECOMMENDED for a</i><i> number of very good reasons.
It certainly does not add any functionality</i><i> to one's
system..</i><i>.<br>
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<i> - Dov
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Here's a link explaining some reasons why: <br>
<a
href="http://www.mail-archive.com/pdf@lists.pdfzone.com/msg03152.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/pdf@lists.pdfzone.com/msg03152.html</a><br>
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> I am sure we will get the inevitable responses from members
of
this list that boast about how they have multiple versions and/or
mixtures of Acrobat and Reader concurrently installed and somehow
get some or most of the functionality to work for them. On the
other hand, there are a tremendous number of problems reported to
Adobe that are suddenly cleared up when the user's systems are
scraped of all concurrent versions of Acrobat and Reader, replaced
by a single version of one or another. (Note that by "Acrobat" I
mean any and all pieces of it including the Distiller, the
AdobePDF
PostScript printer driver instance, and the viewing program!)
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> But, some list members will complain, how do I know what the
recipients of my PDF file will see on their systems if I also
don't have a copy of Reader installed, or perhaps multiple
versions
of Reader and Acrobat installed? The response to that is to have
test systems (or separate test partitions of your one system) that
have minimal software installations (especially fonts) and a copy
of the target version of Adobe Reader. That is the only way to
truly simulate the user experience. For that matter, old, slower
systems are even more appropriate!
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- Dov
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I got the above results using "Dov Isaacs Reader Acrobat on same
computer" as a search term on Google. There are more results.<br>
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I think the bottom line is that putting Reader and Acrobat on the
same computer is not wise, but if you risk it, make sure both are
the same version. You would be better off to set up a Windows
Virtual PC with only default operating system and fonts if you
feel the need to test a Reader view. Even then, which version of
Reader will you test? Users use different ones. And don't forget
to embed all fonts.<br>
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On 1/21/2014 12:39 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote:<br>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#17365D"
face="Calibri">All,</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#17365D"
face="Calibri">I have heard on many </font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font color="#17365D" face="Calibri">occasions</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#17365D" face="Calibri"> that</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font color="#17365D" face="Calibri">you should
not have Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader installed on the
same client, but I need to test something in Reader before
I pass a PDF off and all three of my available systems
already have Adobe Acrobat Pro loaded. Is it possible to
load Reader at all just for some brief testing and</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font color="#17365D" face="Calibri"> then
uninstall it after the testing is complete, or will I
encounter any issues by doing this?</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#17365D"
face="Calibri">Thank you,</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#17365D"
face="Calibri">TVB</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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