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August 24, 2007
How do I open a PDF in Acrobat instead of the browser?
By default, PDF files opened from a web page display inside the browser window with a limited toolbar:
The default behavior does not suit the needs of all legal users. Some eFiling sites require running in the browser, but other applications require opening the PDF directly in Acrobat.
It is easy to change the way that Acrobat opens files from the browser by modifying Preferences.
Read on to learn how to change Preferences.
I'll also tell you about a very useful Firefox extension that let's you choose— on the fly— whether you would like a PDF to open in the browser or in Acrobat.
August 22, 2006
Configuring an Acrobat Installation in Adobe Creative Suite 2
Version 2.0 of the Adobe Creative Suite Pro— aka CS2— includes some terrific applications:
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe GoLive
- Adobe Acrobat
You can imagine that the installer for a big application like this would be quite complicated to write. To simplify things, the CS2 installer engineers did not expose everything in the CS2 installer that is available in the Acrobat installer.
Law firms occasionally ask how to disable certain parts of Acrobat, especially the PDFMakers. That's easy to do with the solo Acrobat install, but a bit hard to find for CS2 users.
For those of you with this issue, here is the workaround.