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BlackBun

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Any thoughts please.
I edited, by adding text, a pdf on my MacBook Pro 14” M2 using the app PDF reader pro. I have edited many documents eg all those probate forms.

I edited a leasehold pdf from my solicitor.
It was saved flattened.
I emailed it to her. She queried why three questions were unanswered. I was perplexed as I’d proof read it several times ensuring all questions were answered. She emailed it back to me and when I opened it, by clicking on it rather than via the app, all questions were answered.

I ended up printing it out then scanning it before sending it back.

I’d be very grateful for any thoughts.
 
PDF's can be weird, and I've had this too. I think the problem is with Adobe, which is what most people use to view PDFs.

Try checking that your PDF renders correctly in the free Adobe Reader software before sending it to a 3rd-party. Adobe seems to break some of the edits that I make using Preview, PDF Expert (i.e. any non-Adobe PDF editor). It only happens occasionally which makes it very frustrating.

I actually have a 10-year version of Adobe Acrobat for Windows that I keep around for making the occasional edit that needs to be compatible everywhere (specific technical documents for work). That may not be an option for you, but when you have to ensure that a PDF renders correctly for everyone, it seems to be the only option to use Adobe.
 
CalMin said:
PDF's can be weird, and I've had this too. I think the problem is with Adobe
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Interesting side note to this thread (sorry for going a bit off-topic).

Adobe does NOT control the PDF format. In fact, they have very little to say about it. They turned over control of the PDF format to the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) back in the early-to-mid 2000s. You can read more about it here.

This is why you'll see that some PDF apps have features that aren't even supported in Adobe Acrobat or any of their other apps. Those features were added into the PDF spec by the ISO, but not implemented by Adobe themselves. This is also why we run into issues like the one the OP is having (not all PDF apps are created equal).
 
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MacGizmo said:
Interesting side note to this thread (sorry for going a bit off-topic).

Adobe does NOT control the PDF format. In fact, they have very little to say about it. They turned over control of the PDF format to the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) back in the early-to-mid 2000s. You can read more about it here.

This is why you'll see that some PDF apps have features that aren't even supported in Adobe Acrobat or any of their other apps. Those features were added into the PDF spec by the ISO, but not implemented by Adobe themselves. This is also why we run into issues like the one the OP is having (not all PDF apps are created equal).
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Agree and thanks for clarifying. I didn't mean to imply that Adobe controls the format, just that most people use Adobe reader to view them and that has lead to glitches. E.g. If I sign a PDF using THIS method, I have found that the signature doesn't show on some older versions of Acrobat reader that some Windows users still have on their machines. For them to see it, I would need to flatten the PDF first.

It's a bit of a mess really, especially for something that feels like it is a universally accepted standard file format. Ugh...
 
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