Re: I can't open PDF files when using the hyperlink

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I would think it would be much simpler to install the latest version of Reader
than fiddling with anything else--especially if it's a bug with the Adobe
software to begin with.

JLatham wrote:

It is almost definitely not Excel itself. It works that way on the machine I
dealt with at work anytime you try to open any .pdf file via a link in any
application, Excel, IE, etc. So it's a hiccup at the system level, rather
than the application level. I'm hoping that Joel's suggestion works come
Monday - since it would be much more convenient for the user to go direct
rather than download a local copy and then open it.

For Jim Cone - I agree that the Foxit solution could be a good one, but my
situation is in a business environment and we try, as much as possible, to
keep standard configurations and in this case, have a pretty good bit of
change invested in Acrobat licenses (having a need to also create .pdf's that
MUST guarantee compatibility at the other end - otherwise I'd probably set up
one of the many free virtual .pdf printer programs to achieve that end also).
But for the home user, indeed a different app might solve it and when paired
with another, give almost full Acrobat Standard abilities. Then again, I
also like to know WHY something isn't quite working properly, and just
switching to a different app doesn't always answer that question.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Maybe it's not excel. A few people complained that the Reader appeared and then
disappeared.

So make sure you have the latest version of the software:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=2713&fileID=2551

zwalbij wrote:

Hi everyone,

I encounter the following problem. All my hyperlinks work except for the
hyperlinks that refer to PDF files. When I click on the hyperlink the
computer wants to start up the application Adobe Acrobat Reader, but within a
fraction of a second the application closes again. I think a setting is
wrong, because of which Excel doesn't allow me to open up a linked pdf.file

How can help me out? Thanks in advance.

A. Bijl,
The Netherlands

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Dave Peterson


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