There was something in the archive about not putting method=file in the \pdsetup, but I'll need clarification because that's not what the documentation says.
Known problem. Indeed in the archives. Workaround: put \pdsetup below \maketitle. -Hendri. \documentclass{powerdot} \title{Tools for Teaching with Spin} \author{Moti} \begin{document} \maketitle \pdsetup{method=file} \end{document}