PDF files won't open

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From: Jan Works (jan_at_works-words.com)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:14:57 -0800

Running IE 6 on XPPro.... and Acrobat Reader 6
I have lost the ability to view PDF files online.... It used to be that I
could do a "save as" to my hard drive to view them, but now all I get on the
page is a small box with a red X in the upper left corner. Have I lost the
link to view PDFs in Explorer; how do I recover it? My firewall is
configured to allow Adobe Acrobat.
Thanks for any help.

Jan Works

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