On 4/21/13 7:38 PM, Jim wrote: > BIll Spikowski wrote: >> Jim Taylor wrote: >>> Jay O'Brien wrote: >>>> I have two computers on my desktop, both running SM. One, a Windows >>>> 7 64-bit machine, when I double-click on an attached pdf file >>>> displays the pdf in Adobe reader. The other computer, XP 32-bit, >>>> displays the files as an application/pdf Object in the SM browser, >>>> not in Adobe reader. >>>> >>>> What sets this action? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Jay O'Brien >>>> >>> That action is set in Adobe Reader. You don't say what version you >>> have so it might not be in the same place in all versions. In my >>> Reader X (version 10) it is Edit-Preferences-Internet and check or >>> uncheck "Display PDF in browser" in right pane under Web Browser Options. >> >> >> I've recently begun having the same problem, all on Windows XP >> machines. On my home computers, PDFs open in the SM browser (my >> preference), but at work, after a recent SM upgrade, they began >> opening in my full version of Adobe Acrobat. All the machines use the >> same operating system and the identical version of SM >> >> Acrobat has the same preference settings as Reader; my problem is not >> there, as my preference is already set to "display PDF in browser." >> >> It also has nothing to do with email settings for attached files; my >> problem is PDFs opened from web links. >> >> I've followed other advice offered in this NG but I've never figured >> out where the glitch is, or how to restore the behavior I prefer... >> > Thanks for some thought son this. I've been having problems viewing pdf > files in SM, in that they have the view set at 200% or something > (humongous) and there is no way to shrink the view to 100% or smaller. > I fixed it as follows: In Acrobat Reader X, go to preferences --> full > screen --> enable Show Navigation Bar. Somehow, that preference got > unchecked. >
Regarding whether a PDF file is viewed in the browser or in Adobe Reader, I discovered the following: I have both Acrobat (the writer) and Adobe Reader. The order in which these are installed determines how PDF files are viewed. To view in my browser, I had to install Adobe Reader AFTER installing Acrobat. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> Are taxes too high in the U.S.? Check the bar graph at <http://www.rossde.com/taxes/trickling.html> to see. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
