[SLUG] Adobe PDF Format

[Jamie]

Ian Eade wrote:
> 
> I am experiencing problems opening PDF documents and have been told that
> the documents I have been given need to be opened using the latest
> version of Adobe Acrobat, namely v7.
> 
> I was under the impression that Adobe PDF was backwards compatible (for
> basic reading at least) and this seems to be supported by the fact that
> I can open newly created PDF documents using my current version 4.
> 
> I have not upgraded from v4 as all I want to do is view/print PDF's and
> everything above v4 seems like bloatware with features I don't need.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on Adobe PDF (backwards) compatibility?
> 
> Ian
> 

The version of Acrobat that I use (v7) exports files that will open with 
V5+ by default. It can export to V4 but I guess that most people 
wouldn't change the default settings.

Jamie