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2010-07-14 14:43:02
amandacake
Registered: May 27 2009
Posts: 4
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This might be a question for the FrameMaker community, but I thought I would start here first.

I'm printing PostScript files from FrameMaker 7.2 with the "Generate Tagged PDF" check box cleared. I'm using Distiller 9 to create the PDF file. Occasionally there will be tags in the PDF. If I don't delete them before trying to add tags using Acrobat, I get the "Bad PDF" error.

Any ideas on how the rogue tags might have made it into the PDF in the first place?

Thanks!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-07-14 19:28:22
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daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Versions (& dot release updates) of FrameMaker are only compatible with a specific range of Acrobat Distiller;
or, conversely Distiller compatibility with FrameMaker falls within release/update "bands".
When the two are not harmonized the unexpected occurs.

From one of the dustier shelves in my eLibrary the applicable "bullets" from various Adobe TechNotes follow.

-- FrameMaker 7.2 is compatible with Acrobat Distiller 7.0.
-- FrameMaker 7.1p116 is compatible with either Acrobat Distiller 6.0 or 7.0.
-- FrameMaker 7.1b023 and 7.1p114 are compatible with Acrobat Distiller 6.0.
-- FrameMaker 7.0p579 is compatible with Acrobat Distiller 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0.
-- FrameMaker 7.0p578 is compatible with either Acrobat Distiller 5.0 or 6.0.
-- FrameMaker 7.0p492 and 7.0p576 are compatible with Acrobat Distiller 5.0.
-- FrameMaker 8 is compatible with Distiller versions: 7.0, 8.0, or 9.0.

With that said, I have used FrameMaker 7.2 with Acrobat 8 Professional
(& the Acrobat Distiller associated with it) with no fundamental issues in the past.However, FM 7.2 & Acrobat Distiller 9.x does not fit, even on the margins,
adequately with the FM-Distiller "compatibility bands" discussed in various, tucked away TechNotes.

I suspect you need to move up in FM or down in Acrobat.

Edit :: an upgrade from FM 7.2 to FM 9 is possible -
See: [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/upgrade/[/url]

Be well...

Be well...

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2010-07-19 06:54:08
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amandacake
Registered: May 27 2009
Posts: 4
Thank you. We're not in a position to upgrade to FrameMaker 9 right now, so hopefully we can get away with our workarounds for a bit longer.

I did notice that the rogue tags were limited to two chapters in my book. It appears that if "Generate Tagged PDF" is selected for a chapter, but cleared for the book, tags are still generated for that one chapter. I will be more watchful of this in the future.
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