AW: pdf 1.5 pb

["Andreas Ulbrich" <the.ulbi@gmx.net>]

> > I've used Acrobat 6 to import and create .pdfs for 
> inclusion as images, not thinking about compatibility mode 
> (set by default on acrobat 6 I suppose).
> > When I try to texexec a .tex doc with such pdf inclusions, 
> i get this output :
> > 	Error: pdfetex (file ./pieces-graphiques-l.pdf): pdf 
> inclusion: found 
> > pdf version <1.5>, but at most version <1.4> allowed  ==> 
> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!
> 
> You could try this:
> 
> 	$ perl -npi.bak -e 's/%PDF-1.5/%PDF-1.4/;' *.pdf
> 
> It might/might not work, I do not have any read PDF-1.5  
> files to test.

You can also use the Acrobat 6 PDF Optimizer (Acrobat 6 Menu: Advanced ->
PDF Optimizer) to create PDF files in earlier PDF versions. I usually use
"compatible with acrobat 4" which works quite nicely with PDFTEX. I don't
quite understand why they didn't make that an option in the "save as" dialog
...

Grüße,

ulbi