How to avoid PDF damage

PDF files that are becoming a lifeline of organizations especially those who deal in creating e-books, e-brochures, etc. are prone to damage. There are multiple reasons behind the damage of PDF files, such as virus attack, abrupt system shut down, software malfunctioning, and large size of PDF files.

Among various specified reasons, large size of the PDF files is the most prevalent reason that hits the PDF files and makes them corrupt. Now, you might be thinking that why large sized PDFs are more prone to damage. Well, large sized PDF files are more prone to damage due to issues like Internet speed, network speed, etc. When you upload or download a PDF to Internet, which gets automatically disconnected after every few minutes then most of the times PDF file gets damaged. In the same way network speed and connection affects the PDF file when you share them over network.

 Once the PDF file is damaged, you also lose all data stored within the file; therefore, you should protect the PDF file from being damaged. This article lets you know the process of avoiding PDF corruption. However, before that this article tells you that how you can recognize that a PDF file is damaged.

 When you try to open a damaged PDF file then you may encounter one of the following issues that help you confirm that the PDF is damaged:
 There was an error opening this document. The root object is missing or invalid.
 There was an error opening this document. There was a problem reading this document (14).
 An error exists on this page. Acrobat may not display the page correctly. Please contact the person who created the PDF document to correct the problem.
There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired.
 You are not able to view images embedded in the file.

 How to keep PDF file away from corruptions?

Mentioned below are the facts that help you avoid PDF errors:

 Never transfer large sized PDF files through emails.
Confirm that the Internet will not disconnect when you are downloading /uploading PDF file to server.
 Confirm that connection to the network is not lost while sharing PDF file over network.
Scan your computer against possible viruses that can damage the PDF file. Split PDF into small PDF files before sharing them over network, Internet, or through emails.

 You can use PDF splitter, a third party tool to split PDF file into various small PDF files. Once the PDF file is split into small files, you can quickly share them over network. Transferring large PDF file takes more time and if in between network connectivity is lost then the PDF may get damaged.
Chances for the PDF damage due to network connectivity gets reduced, as small PDF files are quickly shared.

PDF file splitter provides various options to split PDF file, such as split by page, by page range, by size, by even pages, and by odd pages. While splitting the PDF file, PDF splitter maintains data formatting, structure, and properties of the PDF file.

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