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NCR-Boomer Frequent poster 503 posts
NCR-Boomer

Check the published link

Just tried downloading the September RE via my Sendowl link, and while the Wide edition works as advertised, the Adaptive link redownloads the September MRH edition.

This, as of 2034 Eastern time.

Just a 'heads up!'...

Tim B.
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GNNPNUT Frequent poster 502 posts
GNNPNUT

Same thing seen here

Adaptive downloads the Sept. MRH, only wide has the RE link.

 

Regards,

Jerry

 

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joef MRH Founder 17,403 posts
joef

RE Adaptive edition corrected

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Adaptive downloads the Sept. MRH, only wide has the RE link.

Yep, wrong issue uploaded, but we fixed it.

Try downloading again.

Joe Fugate​
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

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mopac1 New member 12 posts
mopac1

Won't open in Abobe Acrobat 9

Suddenly I can no longer open the RE files in Abode Acrobat Pro 9!!  Appears you have changed something file wise.  MRH opens without issue.  Why the change to RE?
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RSeiler MRH Author 3,744 posts
RSeiler

PDF Error...

I'm getting .pdf error messages with both versions.  Can't open either download. 

Randy

Disregard, tried on different computer and it worked fine. Computer issue on my end. 

Randy

Cincinnati West -  B&O/PC  Summer 1975

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LyndonS Regular poster 260 posts
LyndonS

Same for me

Won't stay open on Adobe Acrobat, but works fine by opening on Firefox.

Lyndon S.

Santa Fe Railway, Los Angeles Division, 1950s

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Yannis Frequent poster 918 posts
Yannis

Same problem

Pdf asks for password to open (both formats, adaptive and wide), mind you this is on Linux. On Firefox it opens fine.

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joef MRH Founder 17,403 posts
joef

Strange

This password / open behavior is very odd, we used the same method we've used for the last three months to make this PDF. We changed to Affinity Publisher from Adobe Acrobat, that's the one big change we made in July. We have always put a password on CHANGING the magazine but never on opening, and we make no secret of that ... on bottom of the masthead / staff page, we always put the password just in case you need it. It's always the month + year, like this: Sep2020 Notice the month is three letters with the first letter caps. However, given the wierd behavior this month with passwords, I removed the password to change from the PDFs just now (so wide open, no passwords in sight anywhere), hopefully that fixes this password nonsense.

Joe Fugate​
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

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joef MRH Founder 17,403 posts
joef

Please tell us ...

To locate similarities on this issue, please tell us: 1. Type of device: Windows PC, Mac, Tablet, Phone 2. Browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, MS Edge, ??? 3. PDF reader: Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, or opening in a browser?

Joe Fugate​
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Janet N Prolific poster 1,122 posts
Janet N

No problems here

RE Version downloaded: hard-coded wide PDF version

Device:  Windows PC; Windows 10 version 1803

Browser: Chrome Version 85.0.4183.102 

PDF Reader: Sumatra PDF

Everything opens fine in Sumatra;  also opens fine in Chrome.

Hope this helps.

Janet N.
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Ken Rice Super User 5,898 posts
Ken Rice

No problems on iPad or PC

No problems here on an ipad with the wide edition in either safari or or books.

No problems on my pc (win 10) in acrobat with either the adaptive or wide edition.

My blogspot blog: http://rices-rails.blogspot.com/
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Ted Becker rail.bird Regular poster 362 posts
Ted Becker rail.bird

Email reminders

I must say MRH is thorough.  So far I have received 6 (six) email notices that the September issue is available.  Normally I only get 2 (two) notices.  They come two at time.


Ted Becker

Granite Falls, WA
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joef MRH Founder 17,403 posts
joef

Email reminders

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I must say MRH is thorough. So far I have received 6 (six) email notices that the September issue is available. Normally I only get 2 (two) notices. They come two at time.

In the past, the email reminders did not seem to be sent so I complained to the programmers. Now, any time we make an update to the PDF files, it sends an email. We've updated the PDFs three times now, there are two PDFs (Adaptive and Wide) so it sends an email for each one.

So it looks like the programmers got the reminder emails working (and how).

The reminder email does mean you should download again if you want the latest and greatest. Most of the time, the updates are link and typo corrections.

Joe Fugate​
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