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philnicau
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 Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: (Horror Companion) Misprint |
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| Just to let you know that the Entry for the Banshee on page 55 of the Horror Companion, has a misprint- the undead trait is listed twice. |
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Its not a misprint, she's just really really undead.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| robert4818 wrote: | Its not a misprint, she's just really really undead.
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Nah, it's like a double negative, so she's actually alive. 
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| kreider204 wrote: | | robert4818 wrote: | Its not a misprint, she's just really really undead.
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Nah, it's like a double negative, so she's actually alive. |
Nope. It's classifying the types of Undead. Like "Vampire Undead" or "Zombie Undead." That one is just the generic "Undead Undead."
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Rophan
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There's another misprint of sorts on page 13. The stake graphic is covering over a part of the text on the top of the page.
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Bernd
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| Rophan wrote: | | There's another misprint of sorts on page 13. The stake graphic is covering over a part of the text on the top of the page. |
I cannot confirm that. I can read all the texts perfectly on that page, although it is really close to the graphic.
Are you using the Adobe Reader? Some other PDF-Readers sometimes get it wrong.
The Dhampyrs in the Creatures section do not suffer from sunlight. Is this a mistake or just a variant if Dhampyrs are no PCs? |
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Rophan
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Tried it in Acrobat, and it looks fine. That's the first time I've ever had trouble with my PDF reader (PDF X-Change Viewer).
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| Rophan wrote: | | Tried it in Acrobat, and it looks fine. That's the first time I've ever had trouble with my PDF reader (PDF X-Change Viewer). |
I am also using PDF X-Change Viewer (version 2.5, build 198.0, on Windows XP) and am not seeing this issue. FoxIt also shows no issue. Which version of PDF X-Change are you using, and which OS? It might need an update.
I did note that the PDF page numbers don't jive with the printed page number. Page 13 in the book is reported as Page 14 in the PDF. A minor issue, but one that causes headaches every time it happens.
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| TheLoremaster wrote: | | I did note that the PDF page numbers don't jive with the printed page number. Page 13 in the book is reported as Page 14 in the PDF. A minor issue, but one that causes headaches every time it happens. |
That's not something I'm getting with the Adobe Reader. Are you getting it with all your alternate readers?
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I tend to use Preview on Mac OSX, as well as GoodReader on my iPad. I haven't seen the other issues mentioned here, but I have noticed the picture on page 140 is badly cropped to only the bottom left corner. In Acrobat Reader it displays fine.
While I understand the desire to format exactly to Acrobat's specs I would hope these books get tested and formatted for other readers too. Plenty of customers using other stuff, especially on popular devices like the iPad. |
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I had an older version of PDF Exchange, I've updated it and now the graphic and text looks good.
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| popebabylon wrote: | | While I understand the desire to format exactly to Acrobat's specs I would hope these books get tested and formatted for other readers too. Plenty of customers using other stuff, especially on popular devices like the iPad. |
From my experience, most publishers are using InDesign for page layout, which is an Adobe Product. The export features for PDFs are built mainly to Adobe's specifications. It does has some limitations to the PDF when viewed on different devices and other readers than Acrobat. A lot of times there is nothing you can do if a non-Acrobat viewer doesn't work until that viewer is updated. Or until the company allows Adobe to write a viewer for their platform.
The other limitation is, most folks don't have access to multiple viewers and or hardware for such testing. Times are changing, but Acrobat is still the standard PDF viewer that most companies adhere to. |
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| jpk wrote: | | TheLoremaster wrote: | | I did note that the PDF page numbers don't jive with the printed page number. Page 13 in the book is reported as Page 14 in the PDF. A minor issue, but one that causes headaches every time it happens. |
That's not something I'm getting with the Adobe Reader. Are you getting it with all your alternate readers? |
Yeah, it's happening in PDF X-Change. When I jump to page 13 in Adobe Reader, it gives me page 13, but then reports it as "13 (14 of 145)". If I do the same in PDF X-Change, it takes me to page 12, and reports it as "13 of 145". FoxIt Reader takes me to page 13, but reports it the same as Adobe Reader (13 (14 of 145). I'll have to research it and see if there's an issue there...
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