The pdf cannot be opened because it is an unrecognized version

[woopit@adobeforums.com]

What causes the following message to occur when trying to import pdf files into Quark?
"The pdf cannot be opened because it is an unrecognized version" Using Acrobat Pro vers. 7 and Quark 6.5. I get this periodically and I don't know why. I will make a pdf using the same setting as always and then I get this message. Thanks for any replies.

[MarkATS@adobeforums.com]

check the PDF version of the files (in Document Properties) you can import vs the ones you can't. Are they the same?

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Probably PDF 1.5 or 1.6 files.

Adobe InDesign has no problems importing any publicly available version
of PDF (you can tell Acrobat 8 is on its way!) ....

You might want to downversion the PDF through ADVANCED/PDF Optimiser or
EPS the file (my last choice since it can rip out potential content) ...

Jon

[woopit@adobeforums.com]

Yes, fellas... it was a vers. 1.5 file. And yes, Jon, I placed it into InDesign with no problem. But the file that I am preparing has to be in Quark. So I made a pdf thru InDesign and placed that in the Quark doc. Thanks guys. One other question, is there a way to tell what font is missing in a pdf file? For instance, this pdf that I was having the problem with has a headline that did not have all the fonts embedded. If I go to Document Properties-->Fonts it tells me what fonts were embedded. If I go to Preflight-->General File Format Error-->Overview-->Fonts and select the font used it doesn't show me anything in the window. It says, the selected item can not be shown in the Snap View window. Thanks

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Choose PDF/X-1a - this is a great check ...

Jon

PS - don't worry about the CGAT/trapping errors etc., etc

[woopit@adobeforums.com]

But, Jon, does that actually tell you if the font is not embedded? Cause I tried that earlier and I did not get that message. It lists a couple of problems, as U mentioned CGTA, trapping, Doc title empty, GTS_PDFXVersion key missing, Output intent missing, etc...but nuttin bout the darn font.

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Yes - believe the preflight and not the pdf warnings from Quark (smile)

Jon

[woopit@adobeforums.com]

Maybe I'm asking for the wrong thing. What I am dealing with looks like they made the pdf when there was no printer font available. So I guess Preflight doesn't really know what's up with that. It does report the other fonts in the file as being embedded. But I would think that it would report an error when one chooses Genreal File Format Errors.