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I have been suffering with the well-reported problem of PDFs from Canon displaying "COPY" instead of the content.

Since neither Canon nor Adobe seem to have any interest in trying to solve the problem, I've been looking for a better work-around, and I've found one.

This requires Acrobat Writer standard or higher, and PDF Password Cracker (see <http://www.crackpdf.com)>. You use the latter to remove the restrictions on the file, then run the File/Reduce File Size... tool to flatten the pages, making the watermark invisible. Save the file, and hey presto!, a PDF for your camera etc. which will display on your PDA.

If you have a VGA PDA like the iPaq 4700 and apply the MUI fix to get Acrobat to run true VGA it will display beautifully. As an added benefit it should be about 10% smaller than the original.

I accept this work-around circumvents the PDF security, but I think it qualifies as "fair use" as long as you don't try and modify or otherwise abuse the file. I'd therefore ask any moderator to leave this post until either Canon or Adobe fully address the problem.

I hope this is useful to all frustrated Canon & PDA users out there.

Andrew