Hi Diana This article " Outwit PDF annoyances" is a little old but quite informative:
<http://www.macworld.com/article/52132/2006/08/septworkingmac.html> Hope that helps Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 19/3/08 7:26 AM, Diana & Graham Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Merv wrote: > >> I'm not sure whether this is what you want but in Firefox >> Preference > Content > File Types _______ Configure how Firefox >> handles certain type of file > click Manage > in the new dialogue >> box click on PDF and then Change Action > In the new dialogue box >> click on the radio button beside 'Open them with this application' >> and click Browse > locate from your Applicatons folder the version >> of Adobe Reader you want and click OK. > > Thanks for the suggestion. I had tried that, it downloads the file to > disk then it opens it in the Acrobat window. With Safari (and on the > PC at the LDS Library) the PDF does not download to disk but is > displayed in a frame of the browser window. > > I need to find out to to install Acrobat as a plugin. > > Diana > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
