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Multimedia records for PDFs can then be attached to records in other modules, such as to a specimen record in the Catalogue Module.
Multimedia records for PDFs can then be attached to records in other modules, such as to a specimen record in the Catalogue Module.


<span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">To open or view a&nbsp;PDF in any Module</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">, double-click the relevant thumbnail, as indicated by the arrow below in the example below.</span>
<span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">To open or view a&nbsp;PDF in any Module</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">, double-click the relevant thumbnail, as indicated by the arrow in the example below.</span>


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=== ERROR:&nbsp;Cannot open or view PDF ===
=== ERROR:&nbsp;Cannot open or view PDF ===

Revision as of 18:59, 18 March 2016

PDFs in the Multimedia Module

PDF files can be saved to the Multimedia Module just like many other multimedia file types, including JPEG images and MS Word documents.


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Opening or viewing a PDF

Multimedia records for PDFs can then be attached to records in other modules, such as to a specimen record in the Catalogue Module.

To open or view a PDF in any Module, double-click the relevant thumbnail, as indicated by the arrow in the example below.

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ERROR: Cannot open or view PDF

If a PDF does not open and instead you recieve an error message that states something similar to: 

"Postscript delegate failed "C:\Users.... No such file or directory @ error/pdf.c/ReadPDFImage/"

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Then you will need to update the computer's version of Ghostscript. For instructions, see How to update Ghostscript