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MartyF9
11 months agoExplorer | Level 3
PDF file was altered after being uploaded to Dropbox
I have recently discovered that when I have uploaded a PDF to be shared with others, there are changes that occur with the PDF that are not present in the original.
For example, I noticed a strange...
MartyF9
Explorer | Level 3
Thank you for the reply.
- I uploaded the PDF via the website
- I was informed by one member who I had shared the PDF with that they found an error which was not visible in the file on my computer. They did a screen shot which confirmed what they were saying. Unfortunately I do not have that same file any longer.
- And yes, I was sharing it via a Dropbox link.
The PDF file and previous ones where there were issues tend to be about 140 MB +
I had checked the last file I uploaded and viewing it on-line and downloading it seem to be OK.
Perhaps this was a glitch on this occasion or maybe the shared user had gone into edit mode. I cannot be sure.
Just as a bit of extra information, the PDF is in CMYK with a generic CYMK color profile. Also, the printers had to increase the brightness by 4X for it to print correctly whilst the last copy where I did not use DropBox, they did not need to increase the brightness. The settings for the PDF creation had not changed.
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