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Carnaby
15-12-2011, 21:38
Colin Ba sent me this useful link. Unfortunately everything I've downloaded has every page obscured by a damn great logo. He doesn't have this problem. Tried IE and Firefox.

http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/

Feedback please.
kebecker
15-12-2011, 22:00
logo free here. Am using an old version of IE
P Bellamy
15-12-2011, 22:21
Logo-free on the pages themselves, but the US Army Military History Institute watermark can be seen on the page list at the side.
buccaneer66
15-12-2011, 22:27
Logo free for me as well.
Denis
15-12-2011, 22:54
Logo free with IE8
tigger
15-12-2011, 23:03
No logo with any combination of OS/browser that I have tried
Carnaby
15-12-2011, 23:04
Oh dear, here we go again. I'm using Foxit Reader, not the bloated Adobe. Is that the problem?

However, I tried a few others:

TM 9-260 Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .30, M1919a6 (01 Sep 1943) (http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/TM%209-206.pdf) wasn't a problem

FM 9-6 Ammunition Supply (15 Jun 1944) (http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/FM%209-6.pdf) is a problem

FM 24-5 Signal Communication (19 Oct 1942) (http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/FM%2024-5.pdf) also a problem
P Bellamy
15-12-2011, 23:07
The copy of FM 9-6 is from the US Army Military History Institute, hence the watermark.
TM 9-260 isn't, so the only watermark is the 90ID one on the cover page.

More annoyingly, I don't seem to be able to download any of the US Army Military History Institute manuals from source any more... :(
tigger
15-12-2011, 23:13
FM 9-6 Ammunition Supply (15 Jun 1944) (http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/FM%209-6.pdf) is a problem
FM 24-5 Signal Communication (19 Oct 1942) (http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/FM%2024-5.pdf) also a problem

Both fine here after the over-printing on the initial page
Carnaby
15-12-2011, 23:20
Houston - I have a problem. Every page of the two above documents is 90% obscured by a very black 'US Army Military History Institute' logo. On a 'good'page I just get one sentence at the top / bottom.
ColinBa
16-12-2011, 15:28
Somebody up there doesn't like you, NSA Rules! OK!
Denis
16-12-2011, 17:32
Graham,
I do not use Adobe products either, I use a freeware pdf reader and writer called 'Nitro' and all works well for me.
Might be worth a try?
buccaneer66
16-12-2011, 17:39
I'm using Nitro as well Denis.
OneEighthBit
16-12-2011, 21:31
I'm using Foxit Reader, not the bloated Adobe. Is that the problem?

Clean and clear for me with Foxit.
Carnaby
16-12-2011, 21:46
It is Foxit causing the problem. Just tried Nitro and everything is fine. Not sure what to do about Foxit as it has been 100% to date. Remember trying Nitro a year or so ago and found a problem or two, but then that's software for you :roll:.
buccaneer66
16-12-2011, 21:48
PDF Factory is very good as well Grahm we use it at work.
T-21
17-12-2011, 08:34
Using Firefox i.e and Adobe , no problems thanks for the links.
Carnaby
17-12-2011, 12:07
Just replaced Foxit (2.3) with version 5. Heeded all the warnings about all the extras it tried to install. I note that the folder size has increased from 8 meg to 36 Meg. That's the price of progress but fortunately well short of the latest version of Adobloat which is stated to be 320 Meg :x.

However I can now not only view files without logos, version 5 will actually read them to me (should I every want to listen to this dreadful voice). Now that is progress.

Thanks for the feedback guys. There are some interesting documents on that site.