John J. wrote: > I tried in both Firefox and Opera. > > After right-clicking on the link I am presented with the options: > > Open in a web browser > Copy URL > > "Copy URL" is useless. "Open in a web browser" opens a page, which > then > announces "done." The page is blank and no download option appears. > > When I right click on the link I am not presented with any options > other than the above. There is no option to save the link to disk. > > The filename is apparently tyro.pdf. I googled on that and found > dozens > of files named tyro.pdf, including "the first extraterrestrial pdf > ebooks download."
This is very odd. When I right-click on the PDF file link, in Opera 10.63 my options are: Open, Open in New Tab, Open in Background Tab, Open in New Window, Open in Background Window, Bookmark Link, Copy Link Address, Save Linked Content As, Save to Download Folder, Inspect Element. I have found through the years that Save Linked Content As is the most reliable way to get a PDF. Then you can open the file from your hard drive with your PDF reader of choice. In Firefox 3.6.11 my right-click options for a PDF link are Open Link in New Window, Open Link in New Tab, Bookmark This Link, Save Link As, Send Link, Copy Link Location. In Firefox I would use Save Link As. I'm using these browsers in VectorLinux 6 Soho Deluxe. I've never seen a browser for Linux or Windows that did not have a Save As option for a file you could download. If you're not seeing it, I wonder if there is some security setting in your browser that is blocking file downloads. I think Internet Explorer now by default does not download files, but you can override this. I don't have Windows open on any computer right now, so I can't check. But in Linux, the right-click options in my Firefox and Opera are as I listed above. I don't know what operating system you're using. It it's Windows, perhaps your antivirus or antimalware app is blocking download options. Your Internet usage is severely limited if you can't download files of your choosing, so you might want to look into this and change it if you can. --Judy M. USA Registered Linux User #397786 Being productive with VectorLinux 6.0 SOHO
