Download Problem

I'm attempting to dowload some *.pdf forms from the web and there is a
small toolbar window that opens briefly. When I click on the disk icon
to save the image, nothing happens! In fact, none of the toolbar
options work! This appears to be happening only with Win7; it did not
happen with XP. Can someone explain why?

Bill

On 23/03/2012 15:12, Bill wrote:
> I'm attempting to dowload some *.pdf forms from the web and there is a
> small toolbar window that opens briefly. When I click on the disk icon
> to save the image, nothing happens! In fact, none of the toolbar
> options work! This appears to be happening only with Win7; it did not
> happen with XP. Can someone explain why?
>
> Bill

What happens if you click on the pdf link using your browser? Does the
pdf open?

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Jeff

Jeff,

In the browser, all of my saved *.pdf files open in Adobe Reader! But
when I get this toolbar, none of the toolbar options, Disc, Print,
etc. work. Didn't used to be this way! Once the form appears on the
screen, no where do I see a window to "Save" the file!

Bill

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:38:57 +0000, Jeff Layman
<> wrote:

>On 23/03/2012 15:12, Bill wrote:
>> I'm attempting to dowload some *.pdf forms from the web and there is a
>> small toolbar window that opens briefly. When I click on the disk icon
>> to save the image, nothing happens! In fact, none of the toolbar
>> options work! This appears to be happening only with Win7; it did not
>> happen with XP. Can someone explain why?
>>
>> Bill
>
>What happens if you click on the pdf link using your browser? Does the
>pdf open?

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:14:19 -0700, Bill <>
wrote:

>In the browser, all of my saved *.pdf files open in Adobe Reader! But
>when I get this toolbar, none of the toolbar options, Disc, Print,
>etc. work. Didn't used to be this way! Once the form appears on the
>screen, no where do I see a window to "Save" the file!

If it's working properly, the buttons for saving, printing, etc.,
should show up (at the lower center of the screen) when you move the
mouse toward the bottom of the screen.

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Char Jackson

On 23/03/2012 19:14, Bill wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> In the browser, all of my saved *.pdf files open in Adobe Reader! But
> when I get this toolbar, none of the toolbar options, Disc, Print,
> etc. work. Didn't used to be this way! Once the form appears on the
> screen, no where do I see a window to "Save" the file!
>
> Bill

If Char's suggestion does not work, I am not sure what's going on. Out
of interest, I would try downloading something like PDF-XChange PDF
Viewer and installing that (much less bloat than Adobe, anyway!) and
associating pdfs with that. If you can download, view, and save pdfs
with that, I would assume that something had changed with Adobe Reader.
If so, you can either keep PDF-Exchange, or uninstall and reinstall
Adobe Reader if you prefer that.

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Jeff

>
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:38:57 +0000, Jeff Layman
> <> wrote:
>
>> On 23/03/2012 15:12, Bill wrote:
>>> I'm attempting to dowload some *.pdf forms from the web and there is a
>>> small toolbar window that opens briefly. When I click on the disk icon
>>> to save the image, nothing happens! In fact, none of the toolbar
>>> options work! This appears to be happening only with Win7; it did not
>>> happen with XP. Can someone explain why?
>>>
>>> Bill
>>
>> What happens if you click on the pdf link using your browser? Does the
>> pdf open?

Bill wrote:
> I'm attempting to dowload some *.pdf forms from the web and there is a
> small toolbar window that opens briefly. When I click on the disk icon
> to save the image, nothing happens! In fact, none of the toolbar
> options work! This appears to be happening only with Win7; it did not
> happen with XP. Can someone explain why?
>
> Bill

When you install Acrobat, there are a couple things you can do
in the Preferences

1) Disable Javascript in Acrobat PDF documents. It's probably
the default, but verify Javascript is disabled. This is a
security issue. There are twits on the web, who put up PDFs
with javascript malware inside.

2) In the Acrobat Preferences, disable viewing the PDF in the
browser window. This will encourage the Save dialog to pop up,
and you can specify where to save the file.

As for the particular web site, you could either post a link
to it, or take a screen snapshot of the lame toolbar in action.
There are picture hosting sites, like imageshack.us that
allow uploading pictures for sharing with others. Using the
picture, someone here may have seen what you're seeing now.

Paul

Thnaks to all! I took Paul's two suggestions but unfortunately, no
effect! I probably should have been more specific - log onto:
http://c.mfcreative.com/pdf/trees/charts/1790.pdf

A pdf image of the 1790 Census form will appear. Then note the very
bottom center of the image. An toolbar image will appear very briefly
showing a Disc, Print, Up arrow, Down arrow, and a few other icons. It
appears so briefly that I can't capture a screen image but you will
understand my problem. Clicking on the Disk does nothing! Is there
possibly a preferences setting in Win7 that I should change? This did
not happen in XP.

Bill


On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:32:23 -0400, Paul <> wrote:

>Bill wrote:
>> I'm attempting to dowload some *.pdf forms from the web and there is a
>> small toolbar window that opens briefly. When I click on the disk icon
>> to save the image, nothing happens! In fact, none of the toolbar
>> options work! This appears to be happening only with Win7; it did not
>> happen with XP. Can someone explain why?
>>
>> Bill
>
>When you install Acrobat, there are a couple things you can do
>in the Preferences
>
>1) Disable Javascript in Acrobat PDF documents. It's probably
> the default, but verify Javascript is disabled. This is a
> security issue. There are twits on the web, who put up PDFs
> with javascript malware inside.
>
>2) In the Acrobat Preferences, disable viewing the PDF in the
> browser window. This will encourage the Save dialog to pop up,
> and you can specify where to save the file.
>
>As for the particular web site, you could either post a link
>to it, or take a screen snapshot of the lame toolbar in action.
>There are picture hosting sites, like imageshack.us that
>allow uploading pictures for sharing with others. Using the
>picture, someone here may have seen what you're seeing now.
>
> Paul

On 23/03/2012 20:19, Bill wrote:
> Thnaks to all! I took Paul's two suggestions but unfortunately, no
> effect! I probably should have been more specific - log onto:
> http://c.mfcreative.com/pdf/trees/charts/1790.pdf
>
> A pdf image of the 1790 Census form will appear. Then note the very
> bottom center of the image. An toolbar image will appear very briefly
> showing a Disc, Print, Up arrow, Down arrow, and a few other icons. It
> appears so briefly that I can't capture a screen image but you will
> understand my problem. Clicking on the Disk does nothing! Is there
> possibly a preferences setting in Win7 that I should change? This did
> not happen in XP.
>
> Bill

Clicking on your link opens the page in Firefox (in PDF-Xchange PDF
Viewer - I have the option set to display pdfs in the Browser) and I can
save it without problem.

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Jeff

Jeff,

I don't use Firefox but I checked my browser settings but I do not
find a "display pdfs in the Browser" block!

Bill

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:38:37 +0000, Jeff Layman
<> wrote:

>On 23/03/2012 20:19, Bill wrote:
>> Thnaks to all! I took Paul's two suggestions but unfortunately, no
>> effect! I probably should have been more specific - log onto:
>> http://c.mfcreative.com/pdf/trees/charts/1790.pdf
>>
>> A pdf image of the 1790 Census form will appear. Then note the very
>> bottom center of the image. An toolbar image will appear very briefly
>> showing a Disc, Print, Up arrow, Down arrow, and a few other icons. It
>> appears so briefly that I can't capture a screen image but you will
>> understand my problem. Clicking on the Disk does nothing! Is there
>> possibly a preferences setting in Win7 that I should change? This did
>> not happen in XP.
>>
>> Bill
>
>Clicking on your link opens the page in Firefox (in PDF-Xchange PDF
>Viewer - I have the option set to display pdfs in the Browser) and I can
>save it without problem.

Click File/Save As
- Save is disabled until its saved (and only available if an editable file)

See this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/757081



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....winston
msft mvp mail


"Jeff Layman" wrote in message news:jkin0d$d5m$...

On 23/03/2012 20:19, Bill wrote:
> Thnaks to all! I took Paul's two suggestions but unfortunately, no
> effect! I probably should have been more specific - log onto:
> http://c.mfcreative.com/pdf/trees/charts/1790.pdf
>
> A pdf image of the 1790 Census form will appear. Then note the very
> bottom center of the image. An toolbar image will appear very briefly
> showing a Disc, Print, Up arrow, Down arrow, and a few other icons. It
> appears so briefly that I can't capture a screen image but you will
> understand my problem. Clicking on the Disk does nothing! Is there
> possibly a preferences setting in Win7 that I should change? This did
> not happen in XP.
>
> Bill

Clicking on your link opens the page in Firefox (in PDF-Xchange PDF
Viewer - I have the option set to display pdfs in the Browser) and I can
save it without problem.

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Jeff