Hi Erik, Is this option specific to IE11? I don't see this option in IE10 / Tools / Options / Advanced / Accessibility. Or, is it phrased differently? Thanks much. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Erik Heil To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What to change in IE to make PDF file read Hi. Your lookking for the option that will allow for PDF document display outside of the of the browser. It's in accessibility settings. On Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 10:38 AM Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, > > In this case, first it might be simpler to get in touch with the tech > directly, to ask him what he did (or may have done) to cause IE to open > Adobe pdf's. Have you checked on more than one pdf file? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pinky > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 12:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What to change in IE to make PDF file read > > Hi Mike, > I tried this but it did not help. Thanks for sending it to me. > > I know the tech changed something in IE to make it open Adobe Reader on > its > own page. I thought he had disabled the add on but I did that and I did > that > an it did not help. So I am not sure what he changed. I have been all over > IE and cannot find what he could have changed. > > Thanks again > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > >From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mike B > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 5:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] What to change in IE to make PDF file read > > Hi Ed, > > Here's a note I had saved that might help you: > > >From: Gerald Levy > I finally figured it out. As I mentioned previously, I could not get IE > 11 > to read a PDF document when ever I encountered a Google search result > labled > as "PDF". When I clicked on the link, it would open on a blank page. But > I > solved this problem by launching Adobe Reader, and bringing up the > Preferences dialog on the Edit menu. I scrolled down to Security > (Enhanced) > on the list of options, tabbed once to the option labeled "Enable Enhanced > Security Mode at Start Up", which was checked by default, and unchecked > it. > Now when I encounter a PDF document in IE 11 and activate the link to read > it, Adobe Reader processes and reads it. I remember this being discussed > on > this list or elsewhere some time ago, but had forgotten about it. Hope > this > helps others who are experiencing the same problem. > > Gerald > Take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: Pinky > To: JAWS-Users-List 2 > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 8:41 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] What to change in IE to make PDF file read > > > Hi Group, > > Does anyone know what I have to change in IE to get the PDF files to read. > I > had a tech change something in IE that made Adobe Reader open in its own > window. When he did that JAWS would read the pdf file. Then I could close > the PDF file and I would be back on the link in IE where I clicked on it. > I > need to find what he changed in IE as I had to reset my IE setting back to > default. If anyone knows what I have to change in IE to make Adobe Reader > open in it's on window please let me know. > > > > Thanks for any help on this matter. > > > > Ed > > 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/ > > > 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/
