Jerry,
Thanks so much for the advice! I never got Preview to work (and
trashing Preview Preferences didn't work either), but I took your
advice and downloaded Adobe Reader 7.0. It's installed and we're now
able to read our pdf files. What a relief!
Until I switched to Adobe, I was influenced by what is written in "Mac
OS X (Panther edition): The Missing Manual." "... because Preview now
includes searching PDF documents, copying text out of them, and
clicking live hyperlinks in them...Apple doesn't even include Acrobat
Reader with Mac OS X. Preview, the company feels, is ready to take over
all PDF-related tasks. (Among other benefits, Preview is a lot faster
than Acrobat Reader.)"
But, after reading that you prefer Adobe, we went with Adobe, we're
happy, everything is good again, and the sun is shining.
Thank you.
Chris
On Oct 25, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote:
>
> On Oct 25, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Chris Hoffman wrote:
>
>> "Dad, where's Preview?! What did you do with it?!" Uh, dunno, what
>> did I do with it?
>
> Hmmm? Have you verified that Preview.app is still installed?
> HD/Applications/Preview.app. CMD + Shift + A. If Preview is in fact
> installed, you might try opening Preview, then open the PDF's in
> question from the Preview menu bar File/Open to verify Preview and
> said PDF files are in working order. Trashing Preview Preferences
> would be another option
> username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist, then
> Logout/Login and repeat the Get Info process to see if Preview becomes
> available. I remember this happening once and trashing Finder
> Preferences was the solution.
>
> Alternately, Adobe Reader would open the files. I prefer Reader over
> Preview. Select Reader with Get Info. Reader 7.0 for Mac is a free
> download from:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
>
>
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