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Thread poster: Elena Miguel
Elena Miguel
Elena Miguel  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 12:18
English to Spanish
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Dec 31, 2002

I\'ve received an e-mail with an attached PDF file but when I download it and try to open the file, I get this message \"Cannot open the file. The file does not begin with %PDF-\" (or something similar). I am not sure whether the problem is the PDF file has not been properly created.

Have someone ever experienced the same problem?

Thank you in advance.
 
Arnaud HERVE
Arnaud HERVE  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 12:18
English to French
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File Dec 31, 2002

Wouldn\'t that be a zipped pdf file?
 
Alexandru Pojoga
Alexandru Pojoga
Romania
Local time: 13:18
Japanese to English
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The file is damaged Jan 1, 2003

If it doesn\'t begin with %PDF it\'s not a valid pdf file, and that\'s what the software is telling you.



Try renaming it to .zip and then opening it with winzip, but I don\'t think that will work.



Best of all, ask for a resend.
 


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