Maybe we can get a chance to try the file with different readers and find out what is actually happening. I've had some similar difficulties with files sent to me to "edit". JN On 14-03-01 06:58 PM, Charles MacDonald wrote: > On 14-02-27 09:37 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > > >> But do we know that it is *not* valid PDF? It seems to me that he just >> encrypted the files, and forgot to give you the key (since you seem not >> to have it)… or is it using something non-standard. > > He says it has no password, and OCULAR asks for a password, and fails > when I give it just a return. > >