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If a PDF does not show up in your web browser - it is usually associated with the cache files (temporary files) of your browser (or Adobe Reader has never been started on your computer). The instructions listed below help with clearing out cache files and other good web browser setting tips.

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Adobe Reader 7.0.9 is the latest version for Mac OS 10.2.8 - 10.3.9 PowerPC, Intel Macs.

Adobe Reader 8.0 is the latest version for MacOS 10.4.3+ PowerPC and 10.4.4+ Intel Macs and Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 SP4.

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Macintosh | Windows

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Macintosh Mac OS X

If the PDF does not show up in your web browser window or if Apple's Preview only works (Mac Intels with MacOS 10.3 only - Preview does not allow you to type in a PDF form):

Mac web browsers on Mac Intel macs with MacOS 10.3 use Apple's Preview program to see PDFs within the web browser. To have your web browser use Adobe Reader PDF plug-ins to view PDFs within you web browser, you need to set your web browser to Rosetta mode (thinks your computer is a PowerPC) or updated to MacOS 10.4 and install Adobe Reader 8.0.

Rosetta Mode:

Go to the "Applications" folder, click once on the web browser you want to use to select it, Select "Get Info" from the File Menu; select the checkbox next to "Open Using Rosetta"

FireFox

in Rosetta mode (Mac Intel) or PowerPC MacOS X

(PDFs display within the browser with the Schubert PDF plugin. Great browser and has tab browsing)

Other methods to see/or save PDFs:

FireFox: hold down your mouse button and select Save Link As... and save to your desktop

FireFox (1.5.0.x) Menu Preferences;

• General tab -
  • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
• Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • History (0 days),
  • Saved Form Information (uncheck),
  • Saved Passwords (uncheck remember..),
  • Download Manager History (Upon successful download),
  • Cache (0kb)

FireFox (2.0.x) Menu Preferences;

• Main tab -
  • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
• Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • uncheck; Remember visited pages... (0 days),
  • uncheck remember what I enter in forms...
  • uncheck remember what I've downloaded
  • Accecpt cookies from sites; keep until I close Firefox
• Security tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • uncheck remember passwords for sites
• Advanced tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • Network tab
    • cache; use up to 0MB of space...

Safari

in Rosetta mode (Mac Intel) or PowerPC MacOS X (with Adobe Reader 7.0 displays PDFs within web browser)

Safari doesn't have a cache setting area - but you can either Reset Safari or Empty Cache from the Safari menu.

• Safari Menu; select block pop-up windows
• Safari Menu; Preferences; General tab (your homepage), Autofill (uncheck all), Tabs (enable), uncheck Open "Safe" files after downloading
• Also run fromt the Safari menu; Reset Safari and also Empty Cache every so often

Internet Explorer 5.2.3

(PDFs do not display within browser; save to Desktop by Control key clicking on the link and select Download Link to Disk open or use Safari with Adobe Reader 7.0 which displays PDFs within web browser)

• Advanced Tab: Remember 1 places visited; Cache to 0 MB
• Download Options tab: select Immediately remove items after they have been downloaded

Other Macintosh web browsers:

Mozilla, OmniWeb, Opera and Camino

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Windows 2000, XP

Internet Explorer 6

• Tools Menu; Internet Options; General Tab
• Select Settings - set Amount of Disk Space use to 1 MB; Select OK
• Select Delete Files button (this make take awhile)
• Select Days to keep pages in History to 0 (unless perhaps you like to review pages from days ago)

FireFox (great browser and has tab browsing)

Tools Menu; Options;

FireFox (1.5.0.x) Menu Preferences;

• General tab -
  • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
• Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • History (0 days),
  • Saved Form Information (uncheck),
  • Saved Passwords (uncheck remember..),
  • Download Manager History (Upon successful download),
  • Cache (0kb)

FireFox (2.0.x) Menu Preferences;

• Main tab -
  • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
• Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • uncheck; Remember visited pages... (0 days),
  • uncheck remember what I enter in forms...
  • uncheck remember what I've downloaded
  • Accecpt cookies from sites; keep until I close Firefox
• Security tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • uncheck remember passwords for sites
• Advanced tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • Network tab
    • cache; use up to 0MB of space...