milkweed and adobe?

Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | design, errata, patterns

I hear some people are having trouble opening the Milkweed Shawl pattern with Adobe – what kind of errors are going on? I actually used Adobe suite to create the PDF, and I use Acrobat to open it without any problems.

And if anyone has any ideas on why there might be a problem, let me know that too!

Another omission was found in the written instructions in row 94 – a missing yo, CDD, yo at the beginning and end of the row. The latest version of the pattern is available on Ravelry and is called “MilkweedShawlJune26_2_.pdf”. So sorry for any confusion!

5 Comments to milkweed and adobe?

1 ysolda
June 27, 2009

You might want to check what versions of acrobat you made it compatible with – I occasionally have problems because people are using a really old version.

2 Chantal Boucher
June 27, 2009

No problem to open it… Thank you for the advise right at the good time since I just bought the yarn yersterday for that shawl.

3 Mary S
June 27, 2009

I had no problem opening the pattern. Thanks for sending the correction. I just started the shawl in Cherry Tree Hill yarn, and I’m really enjoying making it!

4 TheBon
June 27, 2009

Seconding Ysolda. Especially since you’re using CS4, your compatibility settings might be set to much newer than some people are using. Because people get lazy about updates (myself included, sometimes).

5 Kim
June 27, 2009

Another vote for checking the compatibility settings. I’ve recently had to update to the latest version of Acrobat in order to read/fill out a job application. I had a terrible time getting it to work even then. Turns out there were a couple of extra steps to get it to work properly…had to check the Adobe help forums…

If you find that your customers are having trouble opening the files, maybe add a note about needing the most up to date version of Acrobat Reader and having a button on your blog to lead them to a download site. Covers your butt!