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How to recreate a pdf with distiller set to the lowest. The adobe acrobat user community is a global resource for users of acrobat and pdf, with free eseminars, tips, tutorials, videos and discussion forums. You can remove the rotation by creating a new pdf with the distiller. To make the document darker and easier to read, either click use highcontrast colors and select a color combination from the dropdown menu, or click custom color and select a specific color for both the text and background. When youre reading a document, you can hide all the toolbars and task panes to maximize the viewing area on your screen. Check the replace document colors box to enable the colorreplacement settings. Vb6 app printing crystal report to adobe distiller pdf.