06-05-2012, 05:28 PM | #1 |
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Blank PDF tries to connect to amazon
I have pdf that was created on a mac. i have windows. it will open but it is blank and says tried to connect to amazon. The first time I blocked it and now it says cannot connect to amazon.com It is 2.3MB. I tried to convert to a word doc but get a blank word doc
PDF properties says PDF producer MAC OS x 10.5.6 Quartz PDFContext Fast web view yes PDF version 1.6. Can someone tell me what this means and how to solve it please/ Thanks |
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Seems like this PDF is protected as Calibre says. You need to get a copy from the Author that is not protected or get the original source file in whatever format it was in.
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Would it be because it was created on a mac ? |
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If you have Acrobat Pro you might be able to find out what's hidden in it; otherwise, I'd suggest just deleting it, and maybe avoiding future documents from that source. |
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thank goodness I found this thread. I have been downloading PDFs online at various websites and all of them come blank with Amazon opening.
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Safe to say that these are advertised as free PDFs of brand-new authors/books that would usually cost money? Hopefully you're only being scammed and not infected.
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