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Edward R.2
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3 years ago
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folder of JPEGs created for PDF?

I uploaded some PDFs to a shared folder for a few collaborators to view. A few days and some activity later, I noticed that for some of the PDFs, a folder had been created containing page images of t...
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    Rich
    3 years ago
    Edward R.2 wrote:

    I uploaded some PDFs to a shared folder for a few collaborators to view. A few days and some activity later, I noticed that for some of the PDFs, a folder had been created containing page images of the PDF. What's going on with that?

    Someone used Save As to convert it to JPG images for each page.

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Rich
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3 years ago
Edward R.2 wrote:

I uploaded some PDFs to a shared folder for a few collaborators to view. A few days and some activity later, I noticed that for some of the PDFs, a folder had been created containing page images of the PDF. What's going on with that?

Someone used Save As to convert it to JPG images for each page.

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    Edward R.2
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Ah-ha, seems likely. Why they did so is another matter, but not a technical question. Thanks.

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