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From: Karen McCall
Date: Aug 15, 2023 12:54PM

For PDFs, I want them to open in my preferred PDF viewer, not a browser. I have mor tools in a dedicated PDF viewer.

I feel the same way about Word documents. I don't want them to open in Google Docs or Word on the Web, I want them to open in Word or give me the immediate opportunity to download them. Same with PowerPoint content.

I have more accessibility tools in the source application or a PDF viewer than I have in the browser views of everything. I also find that sometimes the "download" option is hidden or not available in a consistent manner.

Cheers, Karen