Also .... If you right click the link, Explorer gives you the option to 'Save Target As..' ( This is IE4 - I believe 3.xx was the same ) This lets you save to disk rather than fire up the default viewer - works for all filetypes Hope this helps. Neil ---------- From: Luca Carboni Sent: 16 March 1998 12:23 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: Viewing PDF files directly on the WWW >I just installed the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat >reader on my PC and discovered much to my horror that when I try to >download a PDF file from the web now, my Netscape browser >automatically opens the Adobe Acrobat reader and displays the file >directly without saving it on disk. - Menu EDIT | PREFERENCES - Navigator | Applications - Search for Portable Document Format (PDF) - Edit - Click on SAVE TO DISK - Check the ASK ME BEFORE... - OK This should fix your problem. Enjoy! :-) Luca ======================== Luca Carboni Assistenza Utenti VOLftp EXOL SpA ======================== Per tenervi costantemente aggiornati iscrivetevi alle mailing list di VOLftp: Mailing list sulle nostre attivita', avvisi, cambiamenti: http://VOLftp.tin.it/IT/IT/MAILINGNEWS/volftp.htm Le nostre liste programmi giornaliere e settimanali con le novita' software commentate in italiano: http://VOLftp.tin.it/IT/IT/MAILINGNEWS/volftp.htm