[DM-MUG] maybe of interest ref John's presentation on WP programs

[Bryan Baker]

Um, that sounds like it was a word doc someone mis-labeled as a pdf.
If the file doesn;t have %PDF at the start it's not a valid PDF file  
(specialized super/subset of postscript).

On Oct 30, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>> I had a pdf file that neither Acrobat Pro nor Preview would open
>> because it claimed it was corrupt. After panicking, I decided to try
>> various other applications, just to see what would happen.
>>
>> I opened Get Info and just started down the list of identified  
>> programs.
>>
>> All of the following were listed as apps to open the pdf.
>>
>> AppleWorks simply stood mute
>> ColorSync Utility did not work [but then, why would it?]
>> Graphic Converter complained and did nothing
>> OmniPage Pro claimed inability
>> Pages said no go
>> QuickTime said it wasn't a movie
>> Safari wouldn't bother because it did not start with "%PDF", whatever
>> that means!
>> Text Edit said go away
>> Word just laughed
>>
>> The only winner: NeoOffice opened up the pdf as a Word document
>> quickly and easily. Everything was there, even the formatting of a
>> table was translated!
>>
>> Hooray!!
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