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« on: February 02, 2009, 12:11:11 AM »
but here it goes.. when I try to open a pdf file a box will come up asking what I want to open it in..   The only option it gives me is wordpad.exe.. when I click ok to use that I get gibberish..  example...   %PDF-1.4
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what is that and how do I see words.   laughing
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 12:19:20 AM »
Not 100% positive, but I think you have to download an adobe reader - they are free.
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2009, 12:20:30 AM »
I did that and its still not working.. I will try again. thanks for the quick reply 
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2009, 12:26:59 AM »
You can't read a .pdf in wordpad (uh, you've noticed this already). Can you save it and then open it with adobe? scratch
Hopefully this is an affy that is an email attachment? My computer person is asleep so I can't scream for help as I normally do when things do not work.
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2009, 12:35:08 AM »
thanks guys. not an affy   laughing   I was trying to see this..   http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/PressSummary01-15-09.pdf    the stimulus bill..

I downloaded adobe again and when I tried the first time I got the same thing.. tried again and it said it had an error and had to close. third time was the charm. Its working now.   scratch     
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 12:40:19 AM »
Quote from: 3mnkids1 on February 02, 2009, 12:35:08 AM
thanks guys. not an affy   laughing   I was trying to see this..   http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/PressSummary01-15-09.pdf    the stimulus bill..

I downloaded adobe again and when I tried the first time I got the same thing.. tried again and it said it had an error and had to close. third time was the charm. Its working now.   scratch     

Government documents are always a pain to open, I do not know why?scratch I only read the CDC ones...and they generally take several tries. Sorry it was not an affy!
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