On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 08:50 -0400, Jack Gillis wrote: > Thank you very much, Keith. > > Here is the link from page 11 of the Getting Started Guide. > > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/ > > I could find no way in Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 to specify Firefox. As I > said in my post, Firefox is my default browser and has been that since I > installed it a while ago. >
Open acroread. select Edit > Preferences. Select Weblink from the list and set your browser. this is for acroread7.0 so ... > I did find Preferences under Internet, a checked box for 'Display PDF in > browser.' I unchecked it and now the link opens in Firefox like I thought > it should. > > Thanks again. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:23 AM > Subject: Re: [users] Getting Started PDF links don't open Firefox > > > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:08:30 -0400 > > "Jack Gillis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Firefox is my default browser. When I try to visit a link in the > >> 'How Get Help" section of the Getting Started Guide, the link opens > >> in Internet Explorer not Firefox. Is there any way I can get the > >> link to open in my default browser, Firefox? > >> > >> Thank you very much. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > Is it an internet or html link? It's not clear from your message, but I > > think you're saying you click on a link in the "Getting Started Guide" > > which is in pdf format and presumably you're using Adobe Acrobat Reader > > to do that. In that case you would want to go to the "Preferences" > > section in Acrobat and tell it to open internet or html links in > > firefox. > > > > The other possibility is that you haven't told windows that you want > > firefox as your default browser. I think you do that by right-clicking > > on any html file on your hard drive and there will be an option to do > > that- I don't use windows so I'm just going by my memory. > > > > If, on the other hand, you are saying you want firefox to open pdf > > files, you don't want that at all- you want Acrobat Reader to open them. > > > > -- > > God bless you, > > > > > > Keith Bates > > 4 Mooloobar St > > Narrabri NSW 2390 > > > > Phone: 02 67924890 > > Fax: 02 67925418 > > > > www.new-life.org.au > > > > If you don't have a reason to live > > > > JESUS IS THE ANSWER! > > > > Ask him into your life today... > > He really does make a difference. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/149 - Release Date: 10/25/2005 > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
