PDF problem
Brent
brent-hughes at shaw.ca
Thu May 28 20:16:52 UTC 2009
Sorry Ray, fresh out of ideas as to whats next.
Except of course to get you off of webmail and into a real email client
like TBird.
Brent
ray house wrote:
> Brent, I do all that but it always returns to File system. There is no
> Apply so I close preferences and when I return, it is still in File
> system. Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:54:08 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> Generally,
>
> Hotmail is not an email client for you in particular but for the
> entire membership of Hotmail.com. As such there are, most likely,
> restrictions placed on how attachments are handled. In the Microsoft
> world email attachments are a huge security risk. Perhaps hotmail has
> enabled some global restrictions tht only allow for a download of
> these attachments so that the integrity of hotmail is not compromised.
>
> An email client for you would be Thunderbird or Eudora, both of which
> are available through the Synaptic Package Manager. You can
> configure either to pick up your Hotmail messages and get direct
> management of attachments.
>
> BTW, changing the download location is as easy as clicking on the
> words 'file system' as they appear in the edit/pref/general tab. This
> should open a menu and let you choose from what is available. In my
> case the choices are ... file system; desktop; and then a list of the
> multiple partitions as mounted by the OS. Just click on desktop and
> apply the change by either clicking on 'apply' if shown or by closing
> the preferences window.
> B
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Alright in Edit, preferences, the downloads are in " File System"
> and I cant seem to change that to Desktop, no matter, I have found
> them in tmp. At least I now where they are.There they are already
> opened. Still why are they not opened from the email program?
> Thanks a lot for the help Brent. Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:52:17 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> In Epiphany it is under Edit/Preferences under the General tab.
> After downloading and installing it I see the default download
> location is to the Desktop. Any PDF you have downloaded is now on
> your desktop. Right click on the file and choose Properties. Find
> the Open tab and then specify the program you want to use to open
> PDF files with. That should do it.
> Brent
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Ok Brent, when I go: tools in epiphany all I get is
> Extensions, java console, python console no downloads. Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:24:13 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> OK, that and your other explanation helps a bit.
>
> You are using a web based or "webmail" application so of
> course you get and read your mail through a browser. I don't
> use these so I cannot help with it use.
>
> However after you have downloaded the PDF, can you find it? If
> not open the download window from within Epiphany
> (tools/download) and check to see where it is being saved.
> Once you locate it, right click on it to choose Properties.
> Then choose the Open with tab to select which program you
> would like to associate with PDF files. From then on in the OS
> will open PDFs with that program.
>
> Brent
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Hotmail. Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:56:46 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> Which Email program are you using?
>
> B
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Yes in the email program, I open the email with the
> attachement. I click on the attachement and I get a
> download window I wait till the download is complete
> and then no matter what I click, nothing happens! Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:23:31 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> While in the email program?
>
> Epiphany is a browser so clicking on a PDF will save
> the file, hence the download window, unless you
> associate another action with that file type. Once a
> file is downloaded right click to get the menu. Choose
> Properties and then go to the Open tab to select Open
> Office, Evince or Acrobat to associate with this type
> of file. Once the OS know how to deal with that file
> it should open them directly without the download.
>
> You wrote originally..." i am using Ubuntu 9.04 with
> Epiphany and cant read PDF from emails" and, as I
> understand it, this is confusing as emails do not
> have anything to do with your browser.
>
> Brent
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Nothing happens when I right click! or double
> click. Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:51:14 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca
> <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> Right click, Ray....should open small menu with
> open as a choice.
> B
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> When I click on the attachement I get the
> download window and I see that the download is
> complete(100%). What Open? Ray
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:56:28 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca
> <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> What happens when you right click on the
> attachment in the email program? What happens
> when you choose Open?
> Brent
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Hi Brent, I have Open Office too but my
> download window wont respond to any click.
> Ray
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:05:55 -0600
> From: brent-hughes at shaw.ca
> <mailto:brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: PDF problem
>
> ray house wrote:
>
> Hi, i am using Ubuntu 9.04 with
> Epiphany and cant read PDF from
> emails. With synaptic I downloaded
> Acrobat 9.0 but when I open Acrobat it
> says to go to Edit, preferences,
> internet and at bottom of window I
> get: please specify the directory
> containing the HTML rendering library(
> libgtkembedoz.so or libxul.so) this
> library is required for rendering HTML
> content in Adobe Reader:
> At this point using synaptic I seem to
> go nowhere, in other words I am lost!
> Any help please, Ray
>
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> I use Open Office and all email attached
> PDFs work just fine and open automatically
> with a double click.
> Brent
>
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