Distiller won't open Reader 7

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6 total messages Started by Connie_Berens Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:25

#15390

Author: Connie_Berens
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:25

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I recently updated Reader from 5.0 to 7 and now when I create a PDF in Pagemaker, Reader 7 won't open automatically. I have to open Reader 7 and select the PDF. When I look at the options in the distiller, the highest Reader to select is 5. How do I get the distiller to work with the upgrade?

Thanks, Connie

Re: Distiller won't open Reader 7

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Author: Aandi_Inston
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:34

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Distiller has no options for Reader version. But the options must be
somewhere - where are you looking?

Aandi Inston

Re: Distiller won't open Reader 7

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Author: Rainer_Dammers
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:55

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I a very similar problem. I have Acrobat 5 installed and still require that for printing into PDF format using Acrobat Distiller. In parallel I have Reader 7.0.8 installed as my default PDF reader. Yet links to PDF documents and forms are openend with Acrobat 5 by both IE and Firefox 1.5.0.4. As several online PDF forms require Reader 6 or higher they can't be worked properly with Acrobat 5. I've looked at all setting in WinXP and browsers I was able to find to set Reader 7 as the default app for PDF documents but still those links are opened by Acrobat 5.
Where can I change a setting to finally make Reader 7 the default app and plugin to open PDF documents & form inline in my browser.

Thank you
Rainer Dammers

Re: Distiller won't open Reader 7

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Author: MarkATS
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:30

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      I a very similar problem.




Actually, it's not similar at all.

      Where can I change a setting to finally make Reader 7 the default app
      and plugin to open PDF documents & form inline in my browser.




If it was installed after Acrobat 5, it should do that by default. You may want to remove and reinstall Reader 7. Otherwise, launch Reader 7 before attempting to view a PDF in the browser.

Re: Distiller won't open Reader 7

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Author: Rodney_Murrow
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:04

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Similar issue here as well. I tried out a "freebie" reader program, for whatever reason clicked on "set as default" - eventually removed it. Their instructions indicated that if I wanted to return to Adobe as the default reader, that it would ask me that question the next time I used it. Of course, it didn't...and there seems to be no other solution than deleting the program and re-installing it afresh. Guess I'll try that, since there seems to be no other "fix" to this issue. Thanks for posting, folks.

Re: Distiller won't open Reader 7

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Author: Rodney_Murrow
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:08

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OK - I deleted Reader 5, 6, and 7 from my computer, re-installed 7.0.8 easily enough (20 MB file, be sure to uncheck the two other optional downloads of approx 7 MB file size). Opened the program easily enough, but got no question about making it the default reader - and still find no place to do so within the program. I did set the multiple "preferences" available. Before I started all of this, every PDF file I had on my computer displayed the familier Adobe logo...but ever since I installed that other program, the PDF files no longer have that logo - and are difficult to identify without allowing the cursor "hover" to highlight the file-type. Upon clicking a PDF file, though, the new program opens automatically and very quickly...faster than it did before I deleted the other programs and re-installed the current one.

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