The Google Chrome built-in PDF viewer may not allow you to view a PDF or access certain functionalities, or functions such as automatic calculation may not work as expected. To resolve this, follow these steps:
- Open Chrome and, in the address bar, type: chrome://plugins/, and then press [Enter]
- Scroll down to the Chrome PDF Viewer
- Click the Disable link to prevent PDFs from loading within Chrome
- Download the files onto your computer
- Open them in another standalone application such as Adobe Reader
Unable to use the Safari PDF viewer
The Safari built-in PDF viewer may not allow you to view a PDF or access certain functionalities. To resolve this, follow these steps:
- Close Safari
- Open Terminal and type the following:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES - Restart Safari
- Click on a PDF to download it to the Downloads folder
Change the default PDF viewer in Firefox
Firefox users may also wish to change their default viewer to Adobe Reader.
- Open Firefox and navigate to Tools > Options
- Click on the Applications tab
- Under Content Type, scroll down to Portable Document Format (PDF) and, from the Action dropdown menu, select Use Adobe Reader
- Close the Options tab or window