Re: PDF file downloads from protected directory

by Collette McNeill <collette(at)mlwebworks.com>

 Date:  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 08:35:09 -0700
 To:  hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
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At 10:35 PM 7/17/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Lonna Poland hunted and pecked out this message on 7/17/2002 10:30 PM
>
> > What would be the correct instructions for a Mac
> >user to save the files to their computer?
>
>All they need to do is click on the pdf file link and it will offer them
>a dialog box to send it to whatever location on their HD they wish.

Often, simply clicking a link to a .pdf file will launch an instance of 
acrobat reader, which often doesn't give an option to save the file. The 
key is to click-hold or control-click to wait for a popup menu which allows 
the mac user to save the file.

collette

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