Many people have been experiencing problems downloading, viewing and printing PDF files while in Windows Internet Explorer. This is a result of an update to Windows Internet Explorer that prevents Adobe Acrobat Reader from opening PDF files inside of Windows Internet Explorer.

SOLUTIONS

1. Fast and Easy

Right click on link and then click “save to disk” or “save target as”.

Pick and remember the location on your hard drive and the click “save file”.

Then open file with Acrobat Reader or use pop up window to “open” file.

2. Easy Solution

Disable the "view in browser" feature in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

This will allow PDF documents to open in a separate window.

Open Acrobat Reader - Click on "Edit" then "Preferences"

The Perferences window will display.

Inside of the Preference window there will be a box on the left hand side,

click on "Option" then remove the check mark next to "display PDF in browser" then click OK.

This will allow Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file in a separate window.

To View Step by Step Details for all versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader go to

http://www.bnl.gov/itd/webapps/pdf_help.asp

3. Switch Browser to Firefox

Use the free Firefox browser instead of Microsoft Internet Explorer

The open source browser Firefox created by the non-profit organization Mozilla Foundation has no problems downloading PDF files.

To download Firefox go to

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Background Information
Microsoft web page regarding PDF problems with Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305836

Adobe web page regarding PDF problem with Internet Explorer http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331025.html

With each o the solutions listed below, it is recommended that you download the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for your operating system.