Adobe Reader

[lankeela]

Sometimes (but not always!) when I click on a link or on a form to open I get a box saying Adobe Reader and a blue question mark and a box saying 'OK'. Whatever I click on it goes blank and nothing happens. I have updated the Adobe Reader when they have told me to but how can I get to what I want to see?

[Buenchico]

You're not the first person to find that Adobe Reader doesn't always open PDFs within a browser window. The solution is to turn off that feature:

Go to Start > Programs and open Adobe Reader 9.
Then go to Edit > Preferences.
Click to remove the tick alongside 'Display PDF in browser'.
Click 'OK' and close Adobe Reader.

In future, when you click on a PDF link, it will be displayed in a separate window (rather than embedded within a web page) but you won't really notice any great difference (except, of course, that you'll now actually be able to see the document!).

Chris

[lankeela]

Thanks Chris will try tomorrow when back on laptop (using netbook at work at moment).

[galeck1947]

Why not uninstall Adobe Reader and use Foxit Reader instead it is a better program and will read everything and is free and has a very small footprint compared to Adobe.

[lankeela]

Thanks galeck, I have now got Foxit and everything seems fine so far!

[spotit3]

Details:

Web page:
http://software-files...01.0523_enu_Setup.exe
I am trying to download Foxit Reader but keep getting the message below. Can anyone explain why please?

Description:
Access to the web page was blocked by ESET Smart Security.
The web page is on the list of websites with potentially dangerous content.

[SlackAlice]

cnet.com is a well known download site with a good reputation, used them quite a few times myself.

Just downloaded the file your having trouble with, without any problems or warnings.
Your security programs may picked this up as a false positive.