BIll Spikowski wrote:
Every so often something changes and I have to re-figure out how to get
PDF files from the web to open the way I want.
Recently I upgraded from Acrobat 9 to Acrobat XI and things have gotten
jumbled again.
Now when I download a PDF file, it opens in a Seamonkey tab using Reader
instead of Acrobat 9. I can save the file, then open it in Acrobat 9 or
XI in a separate window, but I'd rather not do that over and over!
I seem to remember that this behavior is controlled by the order in
which Reader and Acrobat was installed -- is that correct? If so, it
would seem PDFs should now open in a Seamonkey tab using Acrobat XI.
I just disabled Reader in the Add-ons Manager (where perversely it
identifies itself as Acrobat!). Now I'm asked if I want to open the file
in Acrobat (in a separate window), which works, but is not my preferred
behavior.
Does anyone know how I can reset Acrobat XI to open in a Seamonkey tab?
(BTW, I've tried some of the other alternatives (PDF.js, Foxit, Nitro
PDF) but none of them offer the functionality of the full Acrobat product.)
First off, I don't understand why you have the Reader installed at all.
Why let the programs compete when you have a much more powerful program
in Acrobat XI? So I recommend uninstalling the Reader and simplifying
the problem and your life.
Having done so, go to Edit | Preferences | Browser | Helper Applications
and look at the prefs for PDF files. You'll see several different
"types" because PDF files are served with several different MIME
headers. If you want them to open in a SeaMonkey window, choose the
option "Use Adobe Acrobat (in SeaMonkey)." If you insist on retaining
the reader, you can also select that in the same way.
You may also find it helpful to set a pref in Acrobat. I have version X,
where it was at Edit | Preferences | Internet | [x] Display PDF in
browser. That's supposed to prevent Acrobat from launching as a separate
application to handle PDF links when you browse.
Another Acrobat pref that may be relevant is at Edit | Preferences |
General | Select Default PDF Handler. If you specify Acrobat XI, PDFs
should only ever open in the Reader when you open them from within the
Reader. But of course if you've uninstalled the Reader, there's no issue
here.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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