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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Aug 23, 2012 9:02AM

I have a couple questions regarding Adobe Reader and PDFs.

In Reader, the user has the ability to enable or disable viewing of PDFs inside the browser window. What is the default setting for the Accessibility Setup Wizard in Reader?

My second question is about techniques. It's been a long time so I don't remember how to do this.

Basically, I was looking at a prototype that displays a PDF for the user. However, if the user has disabled the viewing of PDFs in the browser window, the user interface tells the user they need to download the Reader. What is the technique that would allow the PDF to be viewed either in the browser window or in Reader?

Thanks!
Tim