KB: ZoomText compatibility with Adobe Acrobat Professional



KB#: 139
Last updated: March 01 2006



The information in this article applies to:

  • ZoomText 9.01 or later
  • Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0


ZoomText 9.01 provides the following support for Adobe Acrobat Professional version 7.0 (without special settings).

  • PDF documents can be read using both AppReader and DocReader
  • Text in PDF documents can be echoed using Mouse Echo and SpeakIt Tool.
  • Users can use Typing Echo and text cursor tracking in Acrobat's Note Tool.
  • Cursor enhancements works when using Select Tool, and when typing inside the Note comment box (the yellow box).

KNOWN PROBLEMS

This problem can be resolved as follows:

  • Xfont smoothing does not work in the pdf document. However, i t does work in the comment boxes.
  • Typing echo and text cursor tracking do not work in Text Edits tool (blue comment boxes).
  • Any t ext that is typed in PDF forms is not echoed. The edges of the typed text are also jagged.
  • When hovering over tool buttons in Acrobat's toolbar, the tool tips are not echoed.