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Re: Can't open pdf file from web

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From: MarkATS
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:44
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      the only thing i get is an excel file with jibberish.




Well, open Excel files (.xls) with Excel, and .pdf files with Acrobat. Sounds like your Windows file associations are screwed up. Right click the link and save the PDF to your desktop, then open in Reader.
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