re: red crosses NOT images but pdf files
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 7:49 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel
(91 messages posted)
Thank you for your prompt reply. I have given up on this site and I will report it
to the webmaster.
Reuven
On Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 2:02 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>|I click on a pdf file, and am taken to a page with a red cross.
>| Reuven Ben-Daniel
>|
>OK.
>
>|Clicking on the red cross -.properties, confirms it is a pdf file.
>|
>One assumes you mean RIGHT-clicking.
>
>|Please tell me how I can get the pdf file.
>|
>As long as you are right-clicking, select *Save As* (or *Save Link Target As*).
>If it won't download, report it to the Webmaster of the site.
>
>Once you have it DOWNLOADED to a known location on your drive,
>double-click the *.PDF.[1]
>As dhm noted, you must posess a program that can display PDF format
>(BROWSERS don't).
>Most pages that offer a PDF for download also contain a link to Adobe's reader.
>
>There are other PDF readers:
>http://www.google.com/search?
>q=KPDF+XPDF+Acrobat+Ghostview+OR+GSView+Foxit+OR+Foxitsoft+OR+foxitsoftware
>Note: This is a meta-list and contains some things that are Linux-only.
>(Some of those are FAR superior to the Windoze offerings.)
>
>
>[1] Opening a PDF within the browser has always seemed rather stupid to me.
>You now have the browser's frame taking up screen space
>--in addition to the reader app's frame.
>
>Doing it in 2 steps (download; open) gives MUCH better results.
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