On a PC running Windows XP, this is an option settable from Windows
Explorer (which is NOT the same as Internet Explorer.) Here's how to
start Windows Explorer: Press the Start button in the lower left corner
of the screen. Then select these menu options: Programs --> Accessories
--> Windows Explorer

Within the Windows Explorer program, select the Tools menu, then the
Folder Options sub-menu, then the File Types tab. On that tab, scroll
down within the Registered file types to the PDF Extension and click it.
Below, under Details for 'PDF' extension, it should say Opens with:
Adobe Reader 8.1 or some other program.

If that line does not say Adobe Reader 8.1, click the Change button on
that line, and on the new window that appears choose Adobe Reader 8.1
from the list of Recommended Programs, or from the list of Other
Programs, or click the Browse button to find its executable file, which
is probably AcroRd32.exe, usually located here: C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader
-Jim S.

Jim Strasma, UI eRA Systems Manager, xxxxxx@uillinois.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Bob Beattie
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:53 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov Adobe forms solution

As we ponder the approach of "bad new nights" I have a suggestion, to
alleviate potential fears.  Here is a link to a generic Adobe file.

http://at07apply.grants.gov/apply/opportunities/packages/oppRR-
BUDGET-120607-cfda16.202-cidCOMP-ID-120607.pdf

Open this file and see what happens to your computer.  Does the file
open with ADOBE READER 8.1.1 ?  Some other program?

Do you have other Adobe programs among your applications.  Can you
make ADOBE READER 8.1.1 the default program with your Browser to
open .pdf files from the net?

Perhaps someone with a non-Mac can explain now to do this. ...

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