Adobe Acrobat Reader

[Ken]

I have tried everything I can think of to get Acrobat Reader to open PDF's
outside the browser. I tried the most obvious thing first with the
preferences setting in Acrobat. Then uninstalled Acrobat and reinstalled.
No change. No matter what I do it still opens inside the browser. How can
I change this? thx.

ref:
Installed Acrobat: Version 6.0.3.2004113000
OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Default Browser: Internet Explorer Version 6.00.2900.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

 

[Bob Horvath]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 20:59:06 -0600, Bob Horvath wrote:

Did you try Edit, Preferences, Internet, and uncheck "display pdf in
browser"

 

[Ken]

Yes, that was the part I mentioned about setting the preference in Acrobat
to not display in the browser. Did that. Makes no difference checked or
unchecked.

 

[Ken]

Bob informed me offline that his IE does the same thing and then he directed
me to this bit of information,
http://www.ecophotoexplorers.com/acrobat.asp#s1
which seems to indicates that it might be an inherent problem with the way
IE uses the ActiveX control. Oddly enough I have the same problem with
Netscape 7.2 which the article would indicate should not have this same
problem. So basically I'm totally at a lose on this. I did try to find a
solution a while back on an Adobe.com forum and they were totally clueless.

 

[Jerry]

It may matter, or not, but the Reader is up to version 7.

 

[Ken]

You're absolutely right. I have been doing the update command from the Help
pulldown inside Reader and it was saying no update available. I have now
downloaded 7.0 and will install tomorrow and report back. Thanks.

 

[Ken]

I installed Acrobat Reader 7.0 and I can get *some* PDF's to open outside
the browser. I would have the say the previously mentioned article is
correct in saying people that make webpages need to be aware they need to
add a tag for letting the PDF's open in a new "blank" browser. Netscape
seems to work fine now. Why IE does this I don't know for sure. It can be
a little irritating when it happens but I will just deal with it.

 

[Xylophone]

There is an update to 7.01

I installed Acrobat Reader 7.0 and I can get *some* PDF's to open outside
the browser. I would have the say the previously mentioned article is
correct in saying people that make webpages need to be aware they need to
add a tag for letting the PDF's open in a new "blank" browser. Netscape
seems to work fine now. Why IE does this I don't know for sure. It can be
a little irritating when it happens but I will just deal with it.