[access-uk] Re: Adobe Reader questions

  • From: catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 21:12:19 +0100

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the suggestion but, alas, it just comes up with an update
for language support.  I guess it doesn't count a new version of the
program as an update and I'll have to install it separately if I ever
find it.

Catherine

On 5/27/08, Brian Booth <bp.booth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Catherine,
>
> Have a look at the Help menu in Adobe Reader. In version 8 there is an
> option to check for updates, but I can't remember if it existed in previous
> versions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
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> From: <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:53 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Adobe Reader questions
>
>
>> Hi both,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions.  I will download the latest version of the
>> reader and see what happens with that.  That is - if I can find the
>> download, which at the moment I can't.  I went to www.adobe.com and
>> clicked on downloads and can't see where to go from there.  Can anyone
>> tell me where to go after that?
>>
>> Catherine
>>
>> On 5/27/08, alex thynne <alex.thynne@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi Catherine
>>>
>>> I can do a couple of these.
>>>
>>> 1 I've got version 8 of adobe on my machine.  It does work fine for me
>>> but
>>> it doesn't like documents larger than about four pages normally, but it
>>> occasionally reads larger ones.  I just wonder whether this is something
>>> to
>>> do with the way the document was created in the first place.
>>>
>>> 3 I would yell at your Council to make this document more generally
>>> accessible to blind people.  We all don't have computers, the Chester and
>>> District branch of the NFB successfully campaigned for this in our area
>>> and
>>> the City Council together with a couple of the north east Wales Councils
>>> are
>>> now aware of such a need, and we have access to the documents for green
>>> and
>>> pink weeks in braille and large print, which covers, plastic, drinnks
>>> cans
>>> and paper, and the white bag scheme, glass and batteries.
>>>
>>> Don't know how helpful this is, but good luck with No. 3, keep pestering!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>> skype name: grytpype2006
>>> windows live messenger name: alex.thynne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>>> Of Catherine Turner
>>> Sent: 27 May 2008 18:24
>>> To: Access-UK
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Adobe Reader questions
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm having trouble reading a pdf and have a few questions I wonder if
>>> people can help with.
>>>
>>> 1.  I've got Adobe Reader 7 - is this the latest version?  Should I
>>> instal the latest version if not?
>>>
>>> 2.  I get incredibly irritated with JAWS saying "graphic" all over the
>>> place when reading PDFs.  Is there any way I can stop this?  I've gone
>>> into graphics in configuration manager and set it to say no graphics
>>> but still it says "graphic" when I'm reading through the text.
>>>
>>> 3.  Does anyone feel like looking at this damn pdf to see if they can
>>> find out which recycling week we're in in my area (this pdf contains a
>>> timetable of "green" weeks and "blue" weeks which I can't find/fathom
>>> with JAWS).
>>>
>>> Catherine
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