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HawleyLaura
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Pdf not opening in Adobe when Using Dropbox online

I have installed adobe acrobat reader DC, linked my dropbox account to it, and change the default program to open pdf files to adobe, but when I try to open a pdf from Dropbox online, it still opens ...
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    Mark
    7 years ago
    Thats because it isnt being downloaded, its just previewing via the website (IE/Edge etc. is really bad at this).

    The only way to do it otherwise would be to download it to the computer and then NOT use the 'open' options in Edge and open it via wherever it was downloaded to.
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Mark
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Thats because it isnt being downloaded, its just previewing via the website (IE/Edge etc. is really bad at this).

The only way to do it otherwise would be to download it to the computer and then NOT use the 'open' options in Edge and open it via wherever it was downloaded to.
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JerryB
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

No, doesn't work for me any more. I'm already searching for alternate software/

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