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Troubleshooting
Recovering corrupt files, fixing display issues, and diagnosing PDF problems.
9 posts
PDF Prints Too Small: Fixing Page Scaling
You print a document and get a slightly shrunken version of it, floating in the middle of the sheet with unexpectedly wide white margins. Nothing in the…
Why PDF Text Looks Blurry (and How to Fix It)
Blurry text in a PDF has half a dozen possible causes, and they fall into two categories that need completely different responses: the text is fine and your…
How to Remove Blank Pages from a PDF
Blank pages get into PDFs in three ways: a duplex scanner dutifully capturing the back of every single-sided sheet, a word processor emitting a trailing page…
How to Fix a PDF Printing Blank
You hit Print, the printer churns out paper, and every page comes out blank or only partially printed. The PDF looks fine on screen but prints empty. This is…
How to Fix PDF Text Not Selectable
You open a PDF, try to select a passage to copy, and the text refuses to highlight. Or it selects as one big block. Or you can copy but the paste is gibberish…
How to Fix Blank PDF Pages
You open a PDF and one or more pages appear blank, empty white pages where content should be. The content is sometimes there but not displayed, sometimes…
How to Open a Corrupt PDF on Mac
A corrupt PDF on a Mac shows up in a few painful ways: Preview displays a blank page, Acrobat warns of damage, a third-party reader refuses to open, or…
Why PDF Fonts Aren't Displaying, And How to Fix It
Open a PDF and find that the text is showing up as boxes, gibberish, or a font that looks completely wrong, and you've hit one of the more frustrating PDF…
How to Recover a Corrupted or Broken PDF
A PDF that won't open is one of those problems that causes disproportionate panic. The contract you signed, the report due in an hour, the photos from a trip…