From: Albert.Arkwright@gmail.com   
      
   On 25/07/2022 19:19, pinnerite wrote:   
   > Since 2010 I have been scanning documents and creating pdfs from them   
   > before shredding them.   
   >   
   > Most of them were scanned by a Fujitsu cut-sheet feeder.   
   > I had to use Fujitsu's software but that only runs under Windows XP.   
   >   
   > I have had too retain a virtual XP ever since.   
   >   
   > Today I had to trace back through the pdfs to uncover some information.   
   >   
   > Some I could but others refused to open with the Mint Document Viewer.   
   >   
   > Naturally I turned to Google. Most suggestions were useless but I hoped   
   > that xpdf mught turn out to be a winner. Not in Mint's repository. :(   
   >   
   > Next I tried opening one file in LibreOffice writer and it did! :)   
   >   
   > But it was the only one. :(   
   >   
   > Is there anyone that has cracked this?   
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
   >   
   Have you tried opening these files in Firefox? If they open in FF then   
   simply "Save as .." pdf file giving a number or letter after the   
   original name. Effectively, you are recreating a pdf file from pdf file!   
   The recreated file should open on any latest OS.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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