well how it works is by default the university has their files that are posted online are programmed to default to open in acrobat reader. and I heard that acrobat reader is not accessible with vo, so is there something i can use on the mac to default open pdf's, from within safari?
On 2013-02-05, at 11:09 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> wrote: > did I read an earlier post where you said acrobat reader was trying to open > those files? > On 5 Feb 2013, at 17:07, "Rudolph, Douglas" <douglas.rudo...@usask.ca> wrote: > >> that for myself is not possible, due to restrictions put in place by the >> university of saskatchewan. >> On 2013-02-05, at 11:03 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Sarah and Douglas, >>> >>> Just out of curiosity have you tried opening the HTML in something like >>> Textedit and viewing the source? There just might be a direct link to the >>> PDf inside. >>> >>> Just a thought. >>> >>> Dónal >>> On 5 Feb 2013, at 17:00, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Some universities don't allow this. I'm having the same issue with a power >>>> point I"m trying to grab. My suggestions to contact the instructor and see >>>> if they can email you the thing and you can read it. >>>> >>>> good luck. >>>> On Feb 5, 2013, at 7:44 AM, "Rudolph, Douglas" <douglas.rudo...@usask.ca> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> hey guys, I'm trying to download files from my universities website, they >>>>> are pdf documents, but they when i open the context menu on said file, >>>>> and clicking either download selected file or download selected file as, >>>>> no matter what, even though I'm downloading a pdf, it always comes up in >>>>> my downloads or documents is "file.html" i can't open the work on my mac >>>>> at all.. what do i do! >>>>> thanks >>>>> doug >>>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>>> >>>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>>>> >>>>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>>>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>>>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>>>> >>>>> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure >>>>> that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>>>> and worm-free. 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