Importing Documents Created With an Older Version of Desktop

Import documents created with a previous version of Desktop into the version of Desktop you are using.

For IWB documents/PDF documents created with Desktop V2.0.1 or earlier

Since annotations added with Desktop V2.0.1 or earlier use an original Desktop format, they cannot be displayed, printed, or edited as is. In addition, the check box for [Inserted Annotations] on the Properties Window is deselected, and you cannot perform searches for annotated text. You can resolve this problem by converting the annotations.

Batch Converting Annotations Created with a Previous Version of Desktop to an Adobe Acrobat Compatible Format

NOTE
When exporting PDF documents with Desktop V3.1.3 or earlier, their annotations are converted to the Adobe Acrobat compatible format. This enables these annotations to be viewed, printed, and edited as is. If exporting a PDF document with one of the following annotations with Desktop V2.0.1 or earlier, opening the document with Desktop and editing these annotations causes line breaks to be deleted. Line breaks added after this are saved. Text Text Box

NOTE

When exporting PDF documents with Desktop V3.1.3 or earlier, their annotations are converted to the Adobe Acrobat compatible format. This enables these annotations to be viewed, printed, and edited as is.

If exporting a PDF document with one of the following annotations with Desktop V2.0.1 or earlier, opening the document with Desktop and editing these annotations causes line breaks to be deleted. Line breaks added after this are saved.

Text

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For IWB documents/PDF documents created with Desktop V3.0.0 or later

Since annotations added with Desktop V3.0.0 or later are in the Adobe Acrobat compatible format, this enables these annotations to be viewed, printed, and edited as is.

For documents with a Mail Merge fields configured using Desktop V3.0.1

When displaying a document with a Mail Merge fields configured that displays a combination of a date and time in Desktop V3.0.1, specific content that is displayed changes as indicated below.

	Content Displayed in Desktop V3.0.1	Actual Content Displayed
Mail Merge Fields Display	The time and date of December 30th, 1899.	Time only
Mail Merge Fields Display	00:00:00 AM and a date other than December 30th, 1899.	Date only

In order to prevent the above changes, enter the records set in Mail Merge Fields as strings.