Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > BIll Spikowski wrote: > >> David E. Ross wrote: >> >>> I found out years ago that if you install the writer, you need to >>> reinstall the reader. Yes, they will work okay without doing that; >>> but SeaMonkey will then view PDF files in the writer instead of the >>> reader. >>> >>> Also, you should turn off updates. On the reader's menu bar, >>> select [Edit > Preferences > Updater], select the last radio >>> button, and then the okay button. Periodically, manually check >>> <http://get.adobe.com/reader/> to see if there is a new version. >>> >>> The current version of the reader is 11.0. >> >> My Acrobat 9.5 is the full version of Acrobat -- which includes all >> the reader functions, but also all the writer functions, plus the >> PDF editing functions. >> >> SM (and Firefox) often seems to confuse these two programs. For >> instance, on my office computer, the Add-ons Manager correctly >> reports Adobe Acrobat 9.5.1 as my plug-in, but its update link would >> replace it with Adobe Reader 11, which for me would be a huge >> downgrade in functionality. > > I've never been able to figure out why some people want to have both > programs installed. If you have the full Acrobat program, what good is > the Reader? You already have a perfectly good reader in Acrobat. So > don't confuse them, and don't confuse the OS, and don't confuse SM. > Delete the Reader and just run Acrobat.
Paul, I agree completely -- that's why I'm frustrated when SM blocks the full Acrobat program and insists that I install a new version of the crippled Reader. Without wanting to, I've experienced having both installed at the same time, and it was very difficult to untangle. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
