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Re: Opening PDF, Word Documents or other sites like Dropbox, One Drive or Google Drive in a new window ...

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From: Bishop, Jeff - (jeffbis)
Date: Aug 15, 2023 3:46PM

I want to thank everyone for their comments. The position I am suggesting to the University of Arizona is to open in a new window with a notice on the text of the link. Again, thanks so much everyone.

Jeff

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Absolutely lucy - the techniques are not a "DO NOT" but a "do not unnecessarily but if you do warn". I would strongly argue that opening a file is a change of context sufficient to deserve a new window - especially if I want to open another.

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