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When I download pdf files through Firefox, nothing appears - blank page. Sometimes a dialog box appears asking me what application I wish to select and I select Acrobat MS Word is not an option available). I've gone over my settings and preferences but ca

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When I download pdf files through Firefox, nothing appears - blank page. Sometimes a dialog box appears asking me what application I wish to select and I select Acrobat MS Word is not an option available). I've gone over my settings and preferences but can see nothing that would produce such a result. I am using a G5 iMac.

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Every time Firefox opened

== Wasn't linked top any occurrence as far as I can remember

When I download pdf files through Firefox, nothing appears - blank page. Sometimes a dialog box appears asking me what application I wish to select and I select Acrobat MS Word is not an option available). I've gone over my settings and preferences but can see nothing that would produce such a result. I am using a G5 iMac. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == Wasn't linked top any occurrence as far as I can remember

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halcy0n
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I had this issue using FF 5.0, I fixed it by doing the following :

  1. Go to firefox button, select options, options.
  2. Find all the applications that are listed as Adobe
  3. Change the action from 'Use Adobe Reader (in FireFox)' to 'Use Adobe Reader'

Fixed :)