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If you receive a message that the PDF file is damaged, most likely the download was not successful and you should attempt to download the file again.</p> <h3><strong>Completing "Fill-in" Forms</strong></h3> <p>Occasionally, when using an older version of Adobe Reader and completing a "fill-in" form created in a newer version of the reader, the text you enter will be deleted as soon as you tab to the next field. If the text is entered a second time, the text will not be deleted. However, to avoid this problem, you should upgrade to a newer version of the PDF Reader.</p> <h3>Printing Files</h3> <p>In some cases, when printing documents in PDF file format, some or all of the text may run together with no spaces between the words. However, the text displays properly on the screen. 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