You can control how Firefox opens .pdf files - within the browser or in the Adobe Reader software. You may need to change them from time to time, depending on what you're doing.
- For journal articles and other short documents, it might be best in the Adobe Reader software.
- For EBSCO eBooks, you need to open it in the browser.
Here's how to change it.
Set Adobe Application Preferences in Firefox
- Click Tools, Options, Applications.
- On the list of Content Types, find Portable Document Format (PDF).
- See the screen captures below.
Open in the Browser Window (Recommended for EBSCO eBooks)
To set .pdf files to open within the browser window, select Use Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox).
- This may not be the default, and it should be changed to this if you're using EBSCO eBooks.
- This is the setting that allows you to navigate through the book; otherwise, it will open one page at at time as a separate .pdf file.
Here's a screen capture of what it looks like:
Open in the Adobe Reader Software
To set .pdf files to open in Adobe Acrobat select Use Adobe Reader (default).
- Use this for shorter documents, rather than a complete book; it gives you more functions to work with.
- Use this if you want to print, save, or email a .pdf document (e.g. a journal article).
- It's also best for opening articles so that when you open another one it doesn't replace the first one.
- Don't use this for EBSCO eBooks, because it will open every page as a separate .pdf document.
Here's a screen capture of what it looks like: