pdf initial view in web browser not working
I have set the Properties for a PDF doc in Adobe Acrobat but when i display that PDF in a web browser it doesn't recognize those initial view settings. My browsers (IE, FF, Chrome) all have PDF add-ons installed.What am I missing?
Karl Heinz Kremer
Which version of Acrobat/Reader are yo using? I assume that this is on Windows?
ASKER
WinXPSP3, Acrobat Pro 9.x
Initial view works on my local machine but when I post a web page referring to a pdf, the pdf won't open with the initial view settings. Same for Preview mode in Dreamweaver CS4.
Current IE7 add-on include Adobe PDF, Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar, Adobe PDF Link Helper. Maybe I'm missing an add-on to open these correctly? Or is there something on my webserver (3rd party/Network Solutions) that they do not have installed?
Initial view works on my local machine but when I post a web page referring to a pdf, the pdf won't open with the initial view settings. Same for Preview mode in Dreamweaver CS4.
Current IE7 add-on include Adobe PDF, Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar, Adobe PDF Link Helper. Maybe I'm missing an add-on to open these correctly? Or is there something on my webserver (3rd party/Network Solutions) that they do not have installed?
I just run a bunch of tests with Safari (on the Mac), Firefox and IE (on Windows), and I get the correct initial view every time. What is your initial view set to?
I can understand the problems of preview mode in Dreamweaver - this application is probably only looking at the page content, and not what else could potentially be displayed. What web server are you using?
I can understand the problems of preview mode in Dreamweaver - this application is probably only looking at the page content, and not what else could potentially be displayed. What web server are you using?
BigSky260--Some ideas here--especially in the top references
http://www.google.com/search?q=acrobat+pdf+won%27t+open+with+the+initial+view+settings&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBF
http://www.google.com/search?q=acrobat+pdf+won%27t+open+with+the+initial+view+settings&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADBF
ASKER
The web server is running Apache on UNIX. The standard package from Network Solutions. :-(
I was actually trying it with Apache on a Mac (Unix as well). So we can assume that Apache is not messing with the file. What are you setting the initial view to? Would you be able to share a link with me so that I can poke around the file? If you don't feel comfortable sharing a link with the world, you can email it to me. My email address can be found on my profile page.
ASKER
Hi,
I typically am asking in Initial View for Show Bookmark Panel and Page/Single Page/Fit to Page/Center window on screen/resize window on screen/s. If no bookmarks were made in original then I just ask for Page Only.
Here are two test links where the Initial View doesn't happen or not completely:
http://www.ebizservices.us/test/gln3/Docs/Plant_Catalog_2009.pdf (this one calls for Bookmarks)
http://www.ebizservices.us/test/gln3/Docs/Apples.pdf (no bookmarks but everything else)
Not sure if it is a web server browser limitation or I am not specifying things correctly on my end.
I appreciate your looking i nto this.
BigSky260
I typically am asking in Initial View for Show Bookmark Panel and Page/Single Page/Fit to Page/Center window on screen/resize window on screen/s. If no bookmarks were made in original then I just ask for Page Only.
Here are two test links where the Initial View doesn't happen or not completely:
http://www.ebizservices.us/test/gln3/Docs/Plant_Catalog_2009.pdf (this one calls for Bookmarks)
http://www.ebizservices.us/test/gln3/Docs/Apples.pdf (no bookmarks but everything else)
Not sure if it is a web server browser limitation or I am not specifying things correctly on my end.
I appreciate your looking i nto this.
BigSky260
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Thanks, I will try all those suggestions. I will use Acrobat Pro to set the initial view settings and hope for the best.