Adium saves pdf files as pngs!

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heaversm
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Adium saves pdf files as pngs!

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Hi - finding this a bit frustrating...whenever someone sends me a pdf, adium creates a preview of the pdf in the chat window as a png. When I drag it to my desktop, it stays a png. How do I keep the original PDF???
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Re: Adium saves pdf files as pngs!

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Because not all AIM clients can support PDFs within chats, and because there is no way to tell in advance, PDFs are converted to PNG or JPEG before sending within a chat. Have your contact send using the Send File feature to keep the full PDF intact rather than just the image of its first page.
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