© Copyright 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. This behavior can be changed by going to Edit, Preferences, Page Display, then check/uncheck 'Enhance Thin Lines'. You may also consider changing Adobe Acrobat Reader's default behavior to enhance the display of thin lines on the display monitor. Do a restart and hold the Shift key down when you hear the startup chime. Click Check Now and let AutoUpdate install the update. Go to the Excel Help menu and choose Check for Updates to launch AutoUpdate.app. If you print a hard copy of the same PDF file, then the lines will appear correctly because the resolution of the printed page is higher than that of the display monitor.ĭesigning your forms with thicker lines may help prevent this issue. To install the update make sure your Mac has a working internet connection, then: 1. One way around this is to right-click a link and choose to open it in a new tab. This is because the appearance of table lines is affected by the limited resolution of the display monitor. Using Mac OSX.4.11, Firefox 2.0.0.11, like you.
The thin line display issue can occur with PDF files created from any vendor. Thin lines may disappear at different zoom levels.
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