Hi When you open a PDF document in your browser, such as internet explorer, the PDF document will be opened in the browser by default. In the browser, there is no option to save the PDF document in a different format. But when you opened the saved PDF document, you were using Adobe Reader which has an option of saving the document in a different format, such as text. But Adobe Reader has an option to be the program used even if you open the document from your browser. With this option, when you open a PDF document from your browser, the choices to save in a different format such as text are available. To set Adobe Reader to always be the program to open a PDF document, open Adobe Reader. Then type alt+e to open the edit menu and up arrow 2 times to get to the accessibility sub-menu. Press right arrow to open this sub-menu and then press down arrow one time to get to Setup Assistant and press enter. This will open a 5 page dialog which allows you to choose accessibility options for screen readers, magnification programs or both. Tab to the next button and press enter. Do not press enter on the Use recommended settings and skip setup button. The last four pages of this dialog allow you to set various accessibility options. You navigate through those pages by pressing tab until you get to the next button and press enter. The option we are looking for to always open a PDF document in Adobe Reader is on the last page, titled Display PDF documents in the web browser. Make sure that this option is not checked. Then tab to finish and press enter.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 11:57 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] trouble with downloading PDF documents on webpages Hi, I have 2 computers one is running IE 11, so I just now went to my bank and the E statements. so here's what I did.. I clicked on July statement and Adobe 11 loaded it, I was able to read it online no trouble. But when I wanted to save it as accessible *.txt* because there was no "other submenu" in the Alt F menu. I had to let it save as the *PDF and whatever the file name it gave, maybe the file name could be changed as long as the .PDF extension was left. so it save and went to My docs. Then I entered on it there, it opened it again, I heard jaws announce processing page 1 of 3.. after it finished, I was reading it same as it was presented online at my bank. Then, the "other submenu" was available after I press, Alt F, then I saved it as a *.txt* file. But Jaws read the PDF online and when I saved it in the original form it saved online. so I guess it's up to you if you choose to rename it for clearification or not. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vicki To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] trouble with downloading PDF documents on webpages The problem is that it will not open up on the website. It simply crashes IE11. I have the latest Adobe Reader, as well as IE. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish" <patricia.zoell...@tx.rr.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] trouble with downloading PDF documents on webpages > Hi, > > I open a PDF like my monthly bank statement from my banks site, then I > save it as a .txt file. > > I'm using Adobe 11 and Jaws 16. So what I do is, when the PDF is open on > site, I press Alt F, then arrow down to "other" and enter there, it pops > up save as...and the *accessible .txt is highlighted. I give it a name, > but it's not necessary to do this, then press Alt S to save, it goes right > to my documents on my windows 7 system. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vicki > To: JAWS > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 8:38 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] trouble with downloading PDF documents on webpages > > > I am having trouble downloading PDF documents using a link on certain > webpages. Right clicking the link does not give me the option to save it, > nor does left clicking. When pressing enter or the spacebar, it attempts > to open the document which crashes IE 11. > > I do not have this problem on all webpages, so I'm wondering if anyone > has a suggestion as to how to download the PDF documents I need without > opening them with IE or, if I must open it from the webpage, how to access > the file menu to save it on my computer. > > I am using both JAWS 14 and 15 with Windows 7 and IE 11. > > Thanks. > > Vicki > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 12161 (20150827) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
