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Configure Navigator 3.x as a helper application

Configure Navigator 4.x as a helper application

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Configure Navigator 3.x to use Adobe Acrobat as a helper application

1. If the PDFViewer plug-in is installed, quit Navigator and remove the PDFViewer plug-in from the Netscape Navigator:Plug-ins or Netscape Communicator:Plug-ins folder.
2. Start Navigator.
3. Choose Options > General Preferences
4. In the Preferences dialog box, click the Helpers tab.
5. Do either of the following:
• If "Portable Document Format" is listed in the Description section, select it, click Edit.
• If "Portable Document Format" is not listed, click New. Type "Portable Document Format" in the Description text box. Type "application/pdf" in the MIME Type text box. Type "pdf" in the Suffixes text box.
6. Select Application in the Handled By section.
7. Click Browse.
8. Choose PDF from the File Type pop-up menu, then click OK.
9. Restart Navigator.

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Configure Navigator 4.x to use Adobe Acrobat as a helper application

1. If the PDFViewer plug-in is installed, quit Navigator and remove the PDFViewer plug-in from the Netscape Navigator:Plug-ins or Netscape Communicator:Plug-ins folder.
2. Start Navigator.
3. Choose Edit > Preferences
4. In the left pane, select Navigator, then select Applications.
5. Select "Portable Document Format" in the Applications list, then click Edit.
6. Select the Application radio button, then click Choose.
7. Locate your Acrobat viewer's application file on your hard drive, then click Open.
8. Choose PDF from the File Type pop-up menu.
9. Click OK to close the Edit Type dialog box.
10. Restart Navigator.

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