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re: red crosses NOT images but pdf files Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 12:16 am Posted by dhm (1017 messages posted) The context is unclear. Was this a file on your computer? Does your computer already have the free Adobe Acrobat reader? Was this in a web page? Does this happen to all PDF files you find in web pages? What web page is it so that someone else could check? That is, this could be a defective web page. If so, report it to: www.WebPagesThatSuck.com Or simply report the broken link to the owner of the webpage. On Monday, June 25, 2007 at 11:49 pm, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >I click on a pdf file, and am taken to a page with a red cross. Clicking on the red >cross -.properties, confirms it is a pdf file. Please tell me how I can get the pdf >file. Thank you. > Reuven [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: red crosses NOT images but pdf files Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 2:02 pm Posted by gewg_ (4060 messages posted) |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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: red crosses NOT images but pdf files Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 7:49 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (90 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. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: red crosses NOT images but pdf files Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 4:59 am Posted by Reuven Ben-Daniel (90 messages posted) Since I replied,I checked by rightclicking and both "save" and "save as" were greyed out. Checking on Google,the reason and solution was simple. Go to ie explorer Tools-internet options-content -content advisor and dis-enable.Then the save and save as buttons were avaiable. After this all pdf files were available. The problem is how can I enable the content advisor and have access to pdf files. Though as no children use my computer,I can leave the content advisor dis-enabled. Reuven On Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 7:49 am, Reuven Ben-Daniel wrote: >Thank you for your prompt reply. I have given up on this site and I will report it >to the webmaster. > Reuven > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: red crosses NOT images but pdf files Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 8:42 am Posted by gewg_ (4060 messages posted) |[...]both "save" and "save as" were greyed out. |Checking on Google, | Reuven Ben-Daniel | It makes me so proud when one of my students takes it to the next level on his own initiative. |the reason and solution was simple. |[...]ie explorer[1] Tools-internet options-content -content advisor and dis-enable. |[...]as no children use my computer,I can leave the content advisor dis-enabled. | Now, see, I wouldn't have gotten that one in a million years. 1) No minors have ever had access to my system. 2) I stopped using Internet Exploder in 2002 when I switched to the Mozilla suite. (It has evolved into SeaMonkey--and many people use it's little brother, Firefox.) In 2004, the US Government's security experts advised everyone to STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER. http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=CERT++"Any+browser+other+than+IE" cache of https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323070 ++zone-security+DHTML+ActiveX++significant-vulnerabilities http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1151967765 http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1142663471 [1] "ie explorer" is redundant. You'll notice that I call it "Internet Exploder" (because of it's self-infecting nature). [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum