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
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
>
>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>             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
>
>                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                 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
>
>                     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                     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
>
>                         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                         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
>
>
>                             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                             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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