PDF Import/Export

**w00dy** · 06 July 2007, 06:46 AM

I downloaded this PDF:

http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/B1016.pdf

to fill in for my wife.

Imports in without any problems. Made a new layer and added the appropriate text, saved the XAR and then went to export it as a PDF at which point the world stopped and XXP locked up.

I know it's a pretty lame use for XXP but it's actually very useful for filling in this sort of thing.

Is it me (my machine) or does it happen for everyone? Any help appreciated.

**handrawn** · 06 July 2007, 08:38 AM

Hi Woody

seems to be something in there xara dosnt like - think its to do with clip-view interpretations but thats a guess - I got the error shown below

if this is simply to fill out and print - if you make a high resolution bitmap copy of the form on a separate layer, and delete the imported layers, should be ok?

sorry if thats obvious

**Albacore** · 06 July 2007, 10:31 AM

Downloaded easily with newer version of Xpro? Saved as Xara file for you, hope you can open it.

**handrawn** · 06 July 2007, 10:40 AM

Hi Albacore

Still can't get it to export as pdf - but I'm using default pdf/x settings - is that right?

**w00dy** · 06 July 2007, 02:31 PM

Thanks folks, eventually I printed out the XAR but I have had limited success with PDF Import/Export... sometimes it just doesn't do what it says on the box but this may be the fault of other applications generated PDF's.

Generating work in XXP and exporting as PDF works very well.

**Xhris** · 06 July 2007, 05:22 PM

Holy crap, this caused some serious errors on my computer. When exporting the imported PDF, my computer froze solid, and I had to forcefully restart with the power button! I wouldn't recommend trying this one unless you've saved everything.

**StevenWWinters** · 06 July 2007, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Xhris

When exporting the imported PDF, my computer froze solid, and I had to forcefully restart with the power button!

Same here. No error, just hung.

Vista Ultimate
2.8 GHz Pentium D
1 GByte RAM

**raynerj1** · 07 July 2007, 04:33 AM

So which one of you fine fellows popped a note off to charles and crew about this one?

**Xhris** · 07 July 2007, 04:58 AM

Me obviously

But I'm sure they also read these forums even if I hadn't.

**Albacore** · 07 July 2007, 08:34 AM

This is not a bug or a problem it is just the known problem the way text is handled in PDF. If you convert all the text to shapes then group the mess which is left, then make a new layer for your text which you want to add because you are using the form as a template everything is fine and you can export the file again as PDF. Its two problems in one here, firstly the way Adobe handles fonts and the way you are asking a vector programme to do the work of DTP one, look at the way InDesign handled PDF's until version CS2, it treated PDF's as bitmaps.