On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:57:45 +0100, Corey Walker <webmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I am using a PC Power Powerbook G4. Does that change what you describe=
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> below at all?
Sorry for the long delay but I was off for some holidays. It doesn't =
change everything, you can still use my description to connect PDFs to a=
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external app. However on a power book you should also be able to use one=
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of the PowerPC PDF plug-ins like Schuberth. Not sure if Adobe delivers a=
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plug-in.
> Ralf Demuth wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:04:05 +0200, Corey Walker <webmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>>> I have been going into a tizzy because none of the .pdf files th=
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>>> are on the site I maintain will work on Opera (or any other OS X =
>>> browser for that matter). Opera isn't a Gecko based browser, I don't=
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>>> think, so I thought I should be able to install the Adobe Plug-in, b=
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>>> I can't figure out how to install any new plug-ins to Opera. (...)
>> Please see this forums post: =
>> http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=3D2169186
>> On IntelMac it seems there's no working PDF-plugin available (I assu=
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>> you are using a MacIntel). I guess you could run Opera in Rosetta mod=
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>> to use the Schubert plug in but that's not recommended since it will =
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>> make Opera slower. I do it the following way:
>> 1. Go to Opera > Preferences > Advanced > Downloads
>> 2. Enter 'pdf' in the quick find field, disable "Hide file types =
>> opened with Opera" if the PDF-Mime type doesn't show up in the list
>> 3. Edit the PDF mime type and set it to one of the following modes:
>> -- "Show download dialog" then Opera'll show you a dialog with more =
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>> options each time you click on a PDF
>> -- "Open with default application" then Opera will download the PDF =
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>> and start Preview.app to show it
>> -- "Open with other application" and 'Choose' Adobe Reader, which wi=
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>> then be started automatically to show each PDF you click on
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Regards
Ralf
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