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Re: A Couple Questions about Adobe Reader and PDFs

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From: Angela French
Date: Aug 23, 2012 10:05AM

Tim -
I missed a step in those instructions I just sent. The Display PDF in browser is available when you are in the "Internet" Category/Tab

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>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
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