Adobe Reader

The sticky note comments work fine after installing msftedit with winetricks.

Hey that's super cool thanks a lot. I'm going to give this a try ASAP and then I'll update my testing notes.

I'll add a note to my workarounds but I could not get it to work in my case. Maybe I do not understand how to use Winetricks.
I use PlayonLinux to install adobe acrobat.

I'm just using regular Wine 7.0 release. The extra libraries are installed with the command `winetricks mspatcha riched20 msftedit`. Missing text in the UI is fixed by installing Segoe UI font. And that's everything needed.

Right now the signature tool still doesn't work. It seems to be using Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) (as do other online features like log in) and CEF seems to be generally problematic in Wine (e.g. bug 44985).

Thanks yes I tried winetricks but don't know how to target my playonlinux drive. It's okay don't use comments anyway so not a big loss. Yes I installed all MS fonts just to be safe but sego was the key.

Thanks!

Has anyone been able to get the Read Out Loud functionality to work? Not entirely sure if there is a program to install all voices would be available

Sorry never used it myself...

I ended up getting it to work by using winetricks and installing speechdk. (for anyone else that may want to know)

Sorry, its speechsdk.

I tried the above method and other methods umpteen times without success (I probably had some incorrect settings which I couldn't identify), but the following method worked with version 2015.010.20056 (requires PlayOnLinux)
My OS is Ubuntu 20.04 w/Cinnamon

1. Goto webpage www.playonlinux.com/en/app-2653-Adobe_Acrobat_Reader_DC.html
2. Click on "Source code" in the first (latest) post.
3. Copy the code to Text Editor or Gedit.
4. Save it as Adobe_Reader_DC.sh and then make it executable in the file properties window. (I saved mine in PlayOnLinux's virtual drives folder)
6. Run PlayOnLinux
7. Make sure Wine version 4.0.3 is available in the Tools>>> Manage Wine versions (I installed both 386 and X64)
8. Goto Tools>>> Run a local script, find your script and run it. It will install Adobe Reader, just click on yes, next, etc to all dialogs. It will also offer to install Mono, you should accept this.
9. Once the installation is complete you must download and install Windows fonts to usr/shared/fonts if you don't have them already.
10. Download the zip file to your downloads folder, I used this link : www.w7df.com/p/windows-7.html
11. Extract the file and copy it as is to usr/shared/font using Nautilus as superuser. To do so, type "sudo nautilus" in a terminal.
12. You should now find Adobe Acrobat Reader DC in your menu and it should work as described above.

Sorry the above method did not work and thanks for posting the Steps for others. I have also updated the installation method since it is now very simple to install but requires a specific version of Adobe Reader DC. Out of curiosity which version of Adobe Reader did you install using your method.

The version is 2015.010.20056

I have tried your latest method with AcroRdrDC1901020099_en_US.exe but I must have the wrong settings in PlayOnLinux as it fails to install.

I found that by deleting the Adobe Updater Service in the registry using "regedit" eliminated this issue which was created for all "wine" applications.

Hi, this is not my work but it could help you. I took ir from Elleni's comment at forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1096616-start-0.html:

I could successfully install Acrobat Reader through wine as following:

winetricks atmlib
winetricks riched20
winetricks wsh57
winetricks mspatcha

Get the Windows 7 fonts, especially the sego* fonts.

for ex. from here www.w7df.com/7/download.html

Copy the them in /usr/share/fonts
execute command in a terminal:

sudo fc-cache -vf

After successful installation, at start up, select "always start with protected mode disabled" (not possible in wine)

Found solution here: askubuntu.com/questions/1069103/missing-fonts-in-acrobat-reader-in-wine

Just to say that this worked fine for me with Linux Mint 20.1, Wine 5 (with winetricks) and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20135 (32 bits). Using the askubuntu solution link.

Thanks!

Install Adobe Acrobat pro following your instructions. All went well . But I have to install windows 7 font pack to make visible all the tools and fonts of the adobe. I have to use adobe acrobat in order to open and fill XFA forms of Canadian government .

A big thank you . You saved my day.


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