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**Michael Santovec**

Thanks for the update.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"jimbo 6" wrote in message
...
Michael, I found the culprit. "Net Nanny". Once I deactivated it, they
open
fine. I thought Net Nanny was a Web Site filter only?? Anyhow, thanks
for
your help. Cheers.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

Something may be corrupting the attachments as the e-mails download.

Is your anti-virus set to scan e-mails as they download? If so
disable
the e-mail scanning function. For example, if you are using Norton,
take a look at:
How to enable or disable email scanning in Norton Anti-Virus
2002/2003/2004
(Note: Disabling email scanning does not leave you unprotected
against
viruses that are distributed as email attachments)
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01082921552806

Also if you are using any anti-spam software, try disabling that
function then try sending the PDF to yourself again and see if it
works
better.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"jimbo 6" wrote in message
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Yes I can open a saved PDF file. They are from different people. I
opened a
saved emailed PDF file in notepad. Yes it did start with %PDF. I
sent
a 3
page PDF file(the one that I could open fine on a web site) to my
email
address and when I tried to open it I got a message "There was an
error
processing a page. There was a problem reading this document(14)."
But
I
could read the 3rd page only.
??????

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

If you Right click a PDF on a web site and select Save Target As,
can
you open the save PDF file?

Are the problem PDF files all coming from the same person?

Did you try opening a saved e-mailed PDF files in Notepad? Does
it
start with
%PDF

Assuming you can open a saved PDF file from a web site, if you
e-mail
one of those files to yourself can you open it?

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"jimbo 6" wrote in message
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No, I can't open any other PDF files that are emailed. But if I
go
to
a web
site, I can open them no worries. The problem is when they are
emailed
to me.
??????

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

Can you open other PDF files OK?

If so, try opening the problem PDF files in Notepad. The first
few
letters should be
%PDF

If not, it may not be a PDF file. It could be the sender made
a
mistake. These include sending a short cut to the file instead
of
a
file, or if the sender is using a Mac, they might have sent in
an
incompatible format for PC. In the latter case, if you get 2
PDF
attachments with the same name, then other one. The
Apple-Double
format
sends 2 files. One is a resource fork only usable on another
Mac,
the
other the actual data file which is usable on a PC or Mac.

For some additional information, see:
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"jimbo 6" wrote in message
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I have received some emails with PDF attatchments that won't
open.
The
message I get when I try to open is "There was an error
opening
this
document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired". I
have
tried
saving
to a folder but still won't open. I do not have any anti
virus
running. Any
ideas????? jimbo