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The MS Gothic font and the MS Mincho font in Windows Vista have compatibility issues with Acrobat Reader 5.x and earlier versions of Acrobat Reader

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SYMPTOMS

When you use Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.x or an earlier version of Acrobat Reader to open a Portable Document Format (PDF) file in Windows Vista, the MS Gothic font and the MS Mincho font appear garbled.

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CAUSE

Windows Vista uses new MS Gothic and MS Mincho fonts that Acrobat Reader 5.x and earlier versions of Acrobat Reader cannot read correctly.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, upgrade to Acrobat Reader 6.0 or to a later version of this program.

Note Version 7.0 of this program is named Adobe Reader 7.0.

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