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Imported PDF completely garbled - dfunk - 07-14-2026

Hey folks! Trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong importing a pdf into mobilesheets. Been using the app for years and never had an issue. The first screenshot is viewing the file in Dropbox viewer. The second is from mobilesheets. Any suggestions? 

   

   

RE: Imported PDF completely garbled - Zubersoft - 07-14-2026

If you go to Settings->Display Settings->Render Preference and switch from "Quality" to "Speed", does the PDF then render properly? That will help us determine if there is an incompatibility with one of the PDF libraries but not the other.

Thanks,
Mike

RE: Imported PDF completely garbled - dfunk - 07-14-2026

I searched the forums before posting and saw that might make a difference. Unfortunately, in my case, it did not. :-(

RE: Imported PDF completely garbled - otnt - 07-14-2026

Can you drop your pdf file here?

RE: Imported PDF completely garbled - Zubersoft - 07-15-2026

Please share the PDF here or send it to mike@zubersoft.com so I can take a look at it.

Thanks,
Mike

RE: Imported PDF completely garbled - dfunk - 07-29-2026

(07-15-2026, 05:22 AM)Zubersoft Wrote: Please share the PDF here or send it to mike@zubersoft.com so I can take a look at it.

Thanks,
Mike
It's a copyrighted book. Is that still ok?I have a license for it myself. But I wanted to double check

RE: Imported PDF completely garbled - Zubersoft - 07-29-2026

Well I can delete the file after testing with it. If you have permission to use a digital version of the book, you may have to ask the owner of the copyright if it's okay to temporarily submit the file to help debug an application issue. If they say no, then it may be hard for me to help you figure out what is happening here, as it's most likely something to do with how that PDF is constructed. Alternatively, just extract all of the images from the PDF and rebuild it using a tool like Adobe Acrobat. If you do that, then it should work just fine.

Mike