pdf file and download

[Susan]

How do I set up page to have link to pdf file which user
can download and open with Adobe Acrobat reader and view,
print, etc.?

Do I import the pdf file to get with the files on the
website and then use a hyperlink to the file? But how
would the file be able to be downloaded? How could I make
that user friendly?

Thanks for information.

 

[Don]

Hi Susan,
You have it right just import and then link to it. But instead of
downloading it will just open the file. If you want them to be able to
download it you can put instructions to right click on the link and then use
"save target as" and it will download to their computer. Another way to
invoke downloading is to put the PDF in a zip file. Then when they click on
the link it will start the download process.

HTH

Don
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| How do I set up page to have link to pdf file which user
| can download and open with Adobe Acrobat reader and view,
| print, etc.?
|
| Do I import the pdf file to get with the files on the
| website and then use a hyperlink to the file? But how
| would the file be able to be downloaded? How could I make
| that user friendly?
|
| Thanks for information.

 

[Paul S. Wolf]

| How do I set up page to have link to pdf file which user
| can download and open with Adobe Acrobat reader and view,
| print, etc.?
|
| Do I import the pdf file to get with the files on the
| website and then use a hyperlink to the file? But how
| would the file be able to be downloaded? How could I make
| that user friendly?
|
| Thanks for information.

Hi Susan,
You have it right just import and then link to it. But instead of
downloading it will just open the file. If you want them to be able to
download it you can put instructions to right click on the link and then use
"save target as" and it will download to their computer. Another way to
invoke downloading is to put the PDF in a zip file. Then when they click on
the link it will start the download process.

HTH

Don

Actually, By Left clicking the link and opening the pdf file in the
Acrobat Reader you are downloading the file into your Temporary Internet
Files/Browser Cache in order to open it in the reader. Once it's open
in the reader, you can click on the "Save" button and save it anywhere
on your hard drive. It just copies it from the cache to the permanent
location, without downloading it again.

So Left Click downloads and opens the pdf, while Right Click and
choosing "Save" downloads it without opening it. The only difference is
opening it requires time to open the Reader program first. Otherwise
the time needed is virtually the same. (ignoring the difference between
one click vs. two clicks)

 

[Andrew Murray]

Any file you want to link to within your frontpage web (make sure the Web is
open) needs to be imported, so frontpage knows to keep track of it. This is more
an internal function of the program, if you want to re-calculate hyperlinks or
have the reports on broken links, the importing action will make sure FP keeps
track of the files and links etc.

Anything you link to will 'download'.

So when you link to a PDF and the user clicks the link the PDF file will open in
the Adobe Reader if the user has it. otherwise it will prompt with the download
box. I recommend you provide a link for users to go to Adobe to get the reader.

Adobe rader file format is 'user friendly' in that it is as easy to print as
clicking the print button.