[Trainer-Talk] PDF files opening in a browser solution to open on desktop

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

This video can help explain how to open files the way you want: Have PDF
files and other programs open the way you want
<https://youtu.be/06DFU7SNPFE>

*Dr Denise M Robinson*

*Denise M Robinson, TVI, PhD*

Specialist-Technology/Blind Skills | Teacher of the Blind and Visually
Impaired
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:42 AM Nancy Coffman via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thank you for that tip. I did change that. We will see if there are
> browsers it works for.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 9, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Reginald George via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Most cases in adobe reader you can go to the edit menu and ran the
> accessibility wizard. On the last page you can  uncheck the box to have
> PDFs open in the web browser. Certain online forms force you to use the web
> browser to work properly but in most cases for documents you just want to
> read this should work fine. It is also possible the accessibility wizard
> has moved. They keep sticking it on different menus.
> >
> > Reg
> > "Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."
> > Albert Einstein
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2018, at 7:11 AM, Jae Spalding via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Nancy,
> > Which browser are you using, and are the PDFs being downloaded from a
> web portal like Blackboard? I find that those two pieces impact my
> work-arounds.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Jae Beal
> >
> >> On Oct 9, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Nancy Coffman via Trainer-Talk <
> trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a way to keep PDF files from opening in the
> browser? All browsers seem to open PDF documents even though I have made
> the default Adobe Reader DC and updated it. I actually don't even care if
> they open in a browser as long as there is a way to read them. I don't want
> to use convenient OCR for all of them. Activating the parent document
> button doesn't work or seem to do anything. Should we be using a different
> default reader′
> >>
> >> Thank you for any tips you can give me.
> >>
> >> Nancy Coffman
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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