David E. Ross wrote:
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.
This is only mostly true.
Each of these programs, if you allow the installer to do its own thing
without supervision, will make itself the default reader for PDF files.
So yes, whichever you install last will have the last bite of the apple
and become the default reader. But it is possible, through the advanced
preferences of the installer, to tell the second program to leave the
existing file associations alone.
As for viewing PDFs in the browser, both the Reader and the full Acrobat
program have options that allow you to do so or not, as you please. When
I first installed Acrobat, I let it do so, but as time went on I
realized that I preferred PDFs to be displayed in the freestanding
Acrobat program, so I changed the setting. YMMV.
I personally don't understand why some people want to have the Reader
installed if they already have Acrobat; it creates unnecessary
complications. Acrobat is perfectly capable of displaying PDFs, either
alone or within the browser, and doing much more. So this is like buying
a fancy car with a full stereo system and then carrying a boom box along
on the front seat.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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