Office: open PDF in Firefox without stress

subota, 02.04.2011.

Office: open PDF in Firefox without stress

Since opening the OnSoftware officeWe have received a lot of questions, some of them very interesting. Since we can not answer them all, try to choose those that may be more useful to everyone.

We release the doctor's office via e-mail us back Alicia, about opening PDF files from Mozilla Firefox. A very common operation, however, is far from smooth and trouble free. Here we propose three solutions of different types.

Take your excellent suggestion to ask one thing that complicates my life. I spent some time with Firefox, I like very much and I take supplements, but I have with it several problems. One of them is the PDF.

Firefox is not always able to open as IE does. Occasionally goes crazy and it's as if the plugin does not work. Then I have to download to your computer and open it directly with a program.

I have the adobe plugin installed and I have firefox configured for use with the PDF. I tried also with the addition of Nitro (Download PDF) And did not get conclusive results. Sometimes works, but also stops working, so I uninstalled, I will create conflicts over Firefox options. [...] Is there anything else I can configure, upload or watch?

Solution 1: Firefox Programs menu

The integration of Acrobat with Firefox is often problematic. The first step we recommend is access the Programs menu within Firefox Options. Menu is a little known, but allows you to define in detail what to do with each file type. Once you're there, type "Acrobat" in the text field. Four results will appear, as in this screenshot:

Programas en las Opciones de Firefox

For the four rows have to access the drop-down menu and choose "Use Adobe Reader 9.0." Thus the PDF file will always open externally. On the other hand, if you prefer Firefox to ask or save the file directly, you can choose those options. It is a versatile menu with which a viewer can choose an alternative to "Use other".

Solution 2: Foxit PDF Reader

If you want to continue viewing PDF documents in your browser, version 9.0 Adobe Reader is very fast and stable. Yet you have a solid alternative. Foxit PDF Reader integrates with the browser, and is even faster and lighter. However, keep in mind that may not properly display more complex files such as forms.

Solution 3: Open PDF files in Google Docs or PDFMeNot

There is another interesting maneuver, which involves open PDF files using web sites able to convert documents to HTML pages or images (something that makes PDF Download). With Firefox Extension Send to Google DocsYou can send a PDF file directly to Google Docs right-clicking on the link to the PDF document and choosing Open in Google Docs:

Open in Google Docs

Obviously, to use Docs need a Google account. This method has one major drawback: Google Docs does not allow remote PDF files to open more than two megabytes in size. Luckily there is another page that can open PDF files online PDFMeNot, With your own extension Firefox. Remember to allow the installation of the Allow clicking on the yellow bar.

Documento PDF abierto con PDFMeNot An open PDF PDFMeNot

Clicking on any link to a PDF document, PDFMeNot will load in its own viewer. You can even drag this link to the bookmarks toolbar and click on a page which you want to load PDF: PDF icon appears next to each link to load it with PDFMeNot. The speed depends on the size of the document. Although PDFMeNot viewer is not as friendly as Google Docs, the documents will remain 48 hours on your server, and is a great option if you fail the standard displays.

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