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| Reporter | Merton | Assigned To | | |
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| Priority | high | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
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| Status | new | Resolution | open | |
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| OS | Microsoft Windows 7 | |
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| Product Version | 1.4.0svn | |
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| Summary | 0010079: Form fields show strange characters when read by Adobe Reader X |
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| Description | I've been a Scribus user for about a year now, but am having an issue with reading PDFs in Adobe Reader X (the latest version at this time). I have a PDF with text frames and form fields (text fields and a push button), but the text of the form fields displays as weird characters. It's almost as if there is a problem in the character set.
I noticed this problem while using Scribus 1.3.3.13 and upgraded to 1.4.0.rc5, but this didn't help. The PDF opens perfectly in Adobe 9 (I had Adobe v9.4.5 before upgrading), but not in Adobe X (v10.1.0). There is no such problem in a PDF made in Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 9) using both Adobe Reader 9 and X, so it's only the PDFs I've made in Scribus, and only with Adobe Reader X. I'm running the latest version of Scribus and GhostScript v9.02 on Windows 7, though the same problem occurs when reading the PDF on Windows Vista systems. Additionally, I'm not using any crazy or rare fonts: the PDF fields use Verdana, though I have tried the standard Times New Roman as well. |
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| Steps To Reproduce | 1. Create new SLA document
2. Add form fields (text field or push button)
3. Export to PDF
4. Open PDF in Adobe Reader X
5. Type into text fields (not required for push button) |
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| Additional Information | I've also noticed a few differences between the PDFs made in Scribus and Adobe Acrobat Pro which may account for this, but I have no idea. My Scribus PDF says it's not a "Tagged PDF," has a lower "PDF Version" than the Adobe PDF (1.4 compared with 1.7), and has "Page Extraction" allowed. I'm getting these options by clicking "File -> Properties" in Adobe Reader X and am not sure if they actually contribute to my problem, I just figured more information couldn't hurt.
I had originally used the PDF 1.4 Compatibility option, but I have tried PDF 1.5 with no improvement. Also, the text fields within my PDF default to Helvetica, though I have tried both Times and Courier. None of these has affected the issue. |
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| Tags | #please_test, acrobat |
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