PDF downloading
You may find your computer is unable to
open PDF files when you double-click on them, and you simply get a
blank screen. The quickest way to view or download PDFs in this
case is as follows:
Quick solution
- Right-click on the PDF icon or link (Mac users
should hold down the mouse button until the menu appears)
- Select 'Save target as'
- Choose to download the file to your desktop or a
folder
- Open and view the file in the usual way.
Or you can adjust your computer
If you want to update your computer to allow PDFs to be opened
directly into a browser window, it is quite a simple fix. The
fix for Adobe not opening PDF files is as follows:
- Close Internet Explorer.
- Go to Start | Programs | Accessories | Acrobat
Reader 7.0.3 to run Acrobat Reader.
- From the toolbar select Edit | Preferences |
Internet.
Tick the Display PDF in Browser box, then click OK (The application
will reconfigure).
- Close application.
- Run application again. Go to Start | Programs |
Accessories | Acrobat Reader 7.0.3.
- From the toolbar select Edit | Preferences |
Internet.
- Un-tick the Display PDF in Browser box, then
click OK.
- Close the application.
- Open Internet Explorer and browse to a PDF file.
The PDF should open now.
The Adobe link for this fix is www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/328233.html
which is in-depth and more detailed.