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Re: PDF's don't open

Subject: Re: PDF's don't open
From: The NewGuy <noemailhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:18:36 -0500
Newsgroups: opera.mac

In article <noemailhere-2A8CE7.06551417072008@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 The NewGuy <noemailhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've gone into Preferences, Advanced, Programs, and set pdf files to 
> open with Adobe Reader in its present location.  (Since I've moved Adobe 
> Reader into a new folder in Applications it doesn't work.  When I put it 
> back to its original location it does work.)  Shouldn't I be able to set 
> it to open anything no matter where its location?  Or is that not the 
> right way of setting programs to open? Other parameters there are:
> mailto
> telnet
> tn3270
> Bittorent
> 
> Regarding help:  wouldn't it be smarter to eliminate all Windows and 
> Linux info in Help?  If I'm in Windows I don't need to see Linux and 
> Mac.  If I'm in Mac I don't need to see the others.  It asks for a 
> platform here:
> http://www.opera.com/support/search/index.dml?name=default+programs&maxhi
> ts=0&platform=macx
> Seems kind of redundant.  It would also streamline the Help section 
> immensely and reduce a lot of confusion on the part of the reader.  
> Searching for PDF in Keywords under Platform Mac OS X yields nothing.  
> "Default program" also yields nothing.  I looked in Preferences in Adobe 
> Reader and there doesn't seem to be anything to set it as the default 
> PDF reader.

After Googling a bit I'm trying "PDF Browser Plugin" and it seems to be 
working. I wonder if this pdf issue is related to the 9.51 upgrade?

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