There are also several other freebie PDF readers which you can download besides Adobe Reader. They're much smaller and quicker to use than Adobe. I use PDF-XChange. FoxIt is also an excellent one.
Which every one you select will work well with previewing PDF reports through Legacy. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Brian L. Lightfoot <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: > Nope, sorry, IE has no idea what a PDF is. You MUST download a plug-in from > Adobe in order for IE (or Firefox) to display the PDF. As one previous Lugger > posted, if you give a Legacy family history report to relatives in PDF > format, they may be unable to view it if they have not downloaded a PDF > viewer program or a browser plug-in. But those chances are getting pretty > slim nowadays because a PDF viewer program and a PDF plug-in for a web > browser have become common on most computers. So common, Richard, that even > you forgot that it was added on to your system sometime in the distant past. > You may have purchased your computer with a bunch of software "pre-installed" > and that may have included the PDF plug-in. But somebody had to install it. > > Brian in CA > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Van Wasshnova [mailto:rfvanwasshn...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:45 PM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Attach sources as jpg or pdf >> >> Internet Explorer is part of Windows that knows what a pdf file is. >> >> -- >> Richard Van Wasshnova >> >> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot >> <br...@the-lightfoots.com> wrote: >> > The "default" programs that you mention are not part of Windows. They >> have either been downloaded by you or installed as part of a bundle >> from the computer assembler/manufacturer. If you were to start with a >> pure virgin installation of Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 7, it >> would have no idea what a PDF file is or how to display it. On the >> other hand, it could use its "default" built-in picture viewer to >> display JPG files. Granted, nearly everybody ends up downloading and >> installing Adobe's PDF Reader which is a free app. >> > >> > >> > Brian in CA >> > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
