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Acrobat 8 Crash FreeText Annotation

Feb 29, 2008 12:00:00 AM | Acrobat Acrobat 8 Crash FreeText Annotation

Example of a simple PDF file with a single FreeText annotation that displays correctly under Acrobat 7 and 8, but crashes Acrobat 8 with a mouse click.

by Mark Gavin

The following simple PDF document contains a single FreeText annotation.  The FreeText annotation is displayed correctly under both Acrobat 7 and 8.  However, using the mouse to click on the annotation under Acrobat 8, causes Acrobat 8 to crash.  Freetextcrash.pdf

Below is a screen shot of the FreeText annotation labeled “COV”.

 

freetext_screeshot

 

The crash occurs in Acrobat 8 on both Windows and Macintosh.

Clicking on the annotation under Acrobat 7 selects the annotation as expected.
Mark Gavin

Written By: Mark Gavin

Appligent Chief Technology Officer and software architect. Mark invented PDF redaction in 1997 and is also the creator of several other first-ever PDF applications, including Appligent’s SecurSign and FDFMerge, EMC’s Documentum IRM for PDF, and Liquent’s CoreDossier.