checkered background on pdf's that shouldn't be there

tuck5649 · Oct 29, 2009, 12:19 AM

On certain pdf's, but not all, I get a grey and white checkered background. It should have a white background. Also, the pdf's look normal when I open them in quick look. can't figure it out

I emailed one of the pdf's to my buddy (he's also running snow leopard) and he gets a white back ground. So that means the problem is my mac.

I attached a file of one of the pdf's and a screenshot of my computer not displaying it right.

Mew2468 · Oct 29, 2009, 12:22 AM

The checked pattern represents transparency. Other programs represent transparency using white space. Does your friend use a different program to open PDFs than you do?

tuck5649 · Oct 29, 2009, 12:24 AM

no, he opened it with Preview..

Peace · Oct 29, 2009, 12:38 AM

Click on view>show document background and de-select it.

tuck5649 · Oct 29, 2009, 12:57 AM

Thank you Peace! That fixed it

Oct 29, 2009, 12:22 AM	#2
Mew2468 macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Home of the 2010 Winter Games	The checked pattern represents transparency. Other programs represent transparency using white space. Does your friend use a different program to open PDFs than you do? __________________ 13" Unibody MacBook Pro, 2.53 GHz, 4GB RAM \| 16GB 1st Gen iPod Touch Search before you post: MRoogle

Oct 29, 2009, 12:38 AM	#4
Peace macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: On The Home Screen	Click on view>show document background and de-select it. Attached Thumbnails

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Oct 29, 2009, 12:24 AM	#3
tuck5649 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2009	no, he opened it with Preview..

Oct 29, 2009, 12:57 AM	#5
tuck5649 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2009	Thank you Peace! That fixed it