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Bruce,
Since I no longer have Adobe on my machine I can't answer that first hand.
*.pdf file association after using Foxit is going to be changed in the
registry from Adobe to Foxit. I haven't looked so I do not know what all
gets changed.
I imagine you would have to right click a *.pdf file and select Open With.
Or Open Adobe or Foxit and open *.pdf files from one or the other.
Just like when you install MS Word, Word steals the *.rtf file association
from WordPad. So if you want to open *.rtf files with WordPad, you need to
use Open With.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:uYF$zdBpFHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Bruce Hagen <Nospam@mymail.invalid> hunted and pecked:
> Hi Wes,
>
> I have never had the occasion to type in data on a PDF, so I can't answer
> that. I only have received them, downloaded them or saves a Word Perfect
> creation as a PDF.
>
> Since you can't save data, can you have Foxit and Adobe on the same
> machine and choose which one you want to use at any given time?
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
> ~IB-CA~
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OIJ2cSBpFHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> Eeeewww. The IRS? Eeeewww. ;-(
>>
>> I have only been using Foxit for a couple of weeks. But I assure you
>> that Adobe is gone from my machine. Foxit has opened any *.pdf file
>> that I have
>> tried to open. I hate *.pdf files.
>>
>> I just opened i1040ez.pdf (I found it in my 2004 Tax folder) and the
>> Foxit Typewriter works on this form. However, here's the rub, you
>> cannot save the
>> data. You have to purchase Foxit Reader Pro in order to save any typed
>> data. You can't type any data in forms with the Free Adobe Reader
>> either, though, can you?
>>
>> I need to clean out that Tax folder.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:OyXzL65oFHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
>> Bruce Hagen <Nospam@mymail.invalid> hunted and pecked:
>>> Does Foxit work at all sites that say you *need* Adobe such as the IRS
>>> to download forms?
>>>
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97817,00.html
>>> --
>>> Bruce Hagen
>>> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
>>> ~IB-CA~
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OEze$j5oFHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Dump Adobe Reader! Foxit Reader is better than Adobe Reader anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
>>>>
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:eRxE3T5oFHA.1444@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
>>>> R. McCarty <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> Adobe has acknowledged a flaw in some of their "Reader" Products.
>>>>> They are recommending users upgrade to version 7.0.3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Security Alert from Secuina:
>>>>> http://secunia.com/advisories/16466/
>>>>>
>>>>> Reader download Menu page:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
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