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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Put together a massive report with assistance on finances from an assigned budget person. Whole thing had to be scanned into a single document for the final report - and was distributed as a PDF file. The assigned finance person have me an excel spreadsheet done in their standard format. It was hard to read (bc of the colors theyre required to use)and I printed and re-printed and re-sized over and over again to ensure the best quality PDF. It was normal page-size and in required colors at final print. I actually meant to speak with higher ups regarding the way we submit these reports as the "scan it all in together and make a PDF" leads to poor final outcomes - [b]would be better to allow each piece to be uploaded and then our company should have a program to string it together. Never ended up saying it.
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I got feedback that the finance page was annoying to read (small, bad clors) and showed that I don't care about the final product (which I slaved over). I'm actually kind of devastated that they would think I didn't care.

My (first, emotional) instinct is to email my supervisor and tell her exactly what happened - that I used the finance pages as they were given to me - since the rule is you have to use their work - and that I really worked On making it legible and that I think the way the process is set up leads to poor quality PDFs - unless you have adobe PDF creator on your PC, which I don't - bc the company felt I didn't need it.

Can I send my email? Should I?[/quote]

Adobe Acrobat does this. You can use that method and you certainly could have taken the time to scan each page and then combine as a PDF.

PDF reader software doesn't offer very many options for creation of good PDFs, so yes  you need the Adobe Acrobat Pro version to do that.

I feel for you and this is a live and learn experience but it is still your fault. It was an important document. You knew the page looked bad. You should have sent it around to some colleagues to proof so they could provide feedback. If that one page wasn't working, you should have sent the PDF as proof and then asked whoever sent it to you what they wanted you to do.

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Agree with this. Don't point your finger elsewhere, because three will point right back at you.[/quote]

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