Need tech help on Adobe vs. Firefox

Help Needed | 9/27/14

[pabianice]

I have both Adobe and Firefox installed on my PC. Whenever I file something I have displayed on Firefox it is saved as a Firefox document. However, loading such a file is endless -- it takes perhaps two minutes with Adobe to load one page.

How may I store and retrieve these files as Adobe files, which are much quicker to display?

Thanks.

[MeshugeMikey]

the only document type I know of thay might be what youre asking about would be a PDF file....as both firefox...and Adobe Acrobat...display pdf files..

are the files “in question” Pdf or portable document files?

[NoKoolAidforMe]

Do not make Firefox your default browser then re-boot your computer. See if that works. Turn off the Adobe updates from being automatically installed on your computer too.

[GeronL]

What is a Firefox document?

[Dalberg-Acton]

I have the same question.

[DaBeerfreak]

Print the web page in question to a file, then save the file as a .pdf file. I do this all the time with web pages.

[jaydee770]

Without knowing the details, I’ll presume you currently have “Adobe Reader” associated to the file extension “.pdf” (which is the default setting) and you want to change it to “Firefox”. It’s fairly easy to do, but not so easy to explain here without knowing more details. So here’s a self-help option for now...

Presuming you want to change which program opens .pdf file types, google the phrase:

“set file associations in windows XX”

And replace the XX with your windows version (XP, 7, 8, etc). You should get a variety of pages that will walk you through changing the file association. Hopefully, you will spot one that can help you do what you want to do.

If that doesn’t help, check back in and we’ll try to clarify further.

[DocJhn]

I just bookmark the .pdf file like any other web site.

[Kirkwood]

If I understand your question and you saved an htm or html file to view later, you should open it with a web browser (firefox) and not with Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat is doing a conversion to pdf format which is why it is taking so long to display. If you have more details, maybe we can find a better answer for you.

[Brother Cracker]

I ditched Adobe and installed Foxit

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

[Henry Hnyellar]

Adobe is a company. Firefox is a web browser application. You are comparing apples and dump trucks.

[grandpa jones]

I think I understand your problem. If you are looking at a pdf document like this one:

Look for the icons at the top of the page. Just to the right of the "print" icon is the "download" icon.. Click the download icon and a box will open asking you if you want to open or sale the file. Does the option in the dropdown box say Adobe Reader, or Firefox?
If it says Firefox, then click on the box, choose "other", and then choose Adobe Reader from the list of options.

Hope that helps.

[cynwoody]

What you want is a PDF of the page in a disc file. That's what Adobe expects.

My Firefox offers three "Save as" options:

• Web page complete, in which the page is saved in HTML format, along with a folder containing images, etc., referenced on the page. The HTML refs are changed to point into the folder.
• HTML only, in which just the HTML is saved, with its external references unchanged.
• Text, in which a crude text rendering is saved.

None of those options are PDF.

However, I can also print the page, at which time I have a choice between physically printing it on an available printer or saving it as a PDF file, which will display what would have been printed and which Adobe understands natively.

[RobinOfKingston]

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[Miguk]

Not sure I'm completely on the page, as it were, of what you're trying to do, with Firefox docs to .pdf, but let me give it a shot.

METHOD ONE:

e.g., my truck insurance confirmation page (in Firefox). After I pay my bill, I want to save a copy of said bill, to my hard drive, and not as a Firefox or web document. For this purpose, I use (and have used for years) a free program called CutePDF -- http://www.cutepdf.com/. Click on the CutePDFWriter (free download), and load it as you would any program. It runs quietly in the background and, as far as I can tell, uses minimum system resources.

To use (I use FF instead of IE): When you have a web page(s) that you want to "print/save" as a .PDF file: File --> Print --> from Printer Name drop-down list, choose CutePDF Writer --> click OK.

Your browser will do its browser thing for a sec, then it will bring up a Save As Box, allowing you to rename and save the file wherever you wish, as a .PDF document.

METHOD TWO:

I recently reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled FF, before I installed Adobe Reader X. For some unknown reason, FF took it upon itself to be the default program to "read" .pdf documents. Even after I installed Adobe Reader X, updated and rebooted, FF remained the default program. Annoying.

So, here is how I fixed that particular interwebs demon. (In FF): Tools --> Options --> Applications Tab. The headers are "Content Type" and "Action." Under "Content Type" I looked for anything pertaining to Adobe (Adobe Acrobat Forms Document, Adobe Acrobat XML Data Package File, Portable Document Format (PDF)), and, under "Action," changed the default program from FF to Use Adobe Reader (default).

If you do not see Adobe Reader in the drop-down list, you may have to search for it using the "Use Other..." option in the drop-down list. I restarted FF and now, when I click on a .pdf link/document, in FF, it opens using Adobe Reader, instead of opening as a FF document, and allows me to save said page as a .pdf document.

Hope that helps.

[Mygirlsmom]

Check your Firefox options. Is use Adobe Reader defaulted? If not, do so.

Firefox - disable built in pdf viewer and use another viewer

[wastoute]

I thought we all deep sized Firefox months ago. Ditch it!