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Netscape Browser Won't Open PDFs

Valid on UNIX

Symptom:

I cannot open PDF Files from the Online Manuals Index HTML page on a UNIX system using a Netscape browser.

Solution:

If a .pdf file does not open after you click a link on the doc_index.htm page, set Acrobat Reader as a helper application in Netscape Navigator. When you set this option, Netscape automatically launches Acrobat Reader each time you request to view a .pdf file.

To set Acrobat Reader as a helper application

1. In Navigator, go to Edit, Preferences.
2. In the Netscape Preferences dialog, select Navigator, Applications.
3. Under Applications, Specify helper applications for different file types, select Portable Document Format and click Edit.
4. In the Netscape Applications dialog, select Applications and set it to the following:

   Acrobat_Reader_home/bin/acroread %s

   For example, if you installed Acrobat Reader in the default location, set this value to:

   /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin/acroread %s.

5. Click OK to close these dialogs.

   After you set this option, Navigator launches Acrobat Reader and opens the .pdf file in the /tmp directory.