pdf toolbar not visible in safari under 10.4.11

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pdf toolbar not visible in safari under 10.4.11

we deleted the adobe acrobat plug-ins as we had too much trouble reading .pdf files in safari.
preview is now our default .pdf app.

one of our computers has 10.4.11 and safari 3.1.2.

when opening a pdf. page there should be some toolbar visible when the mouse pointer is in the middle of the pdf. page. however this is not the case with our tiger machine. (with leopard no problems)

any idea how to make the toolbar visible ?

tia. mike

Mac Pro 3.2 GHz, MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz and 2,4 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 13, 2008 5:12 AM

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Answer 1

iBod

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Nov 13, 2008 1:58 PM in response to mhoutman

Hi,

however this is not the case with our tiger machine. (with leopard no problems)

That feature is only available with 10.5 Leopard, hence it not appearing in Tiger 🙂

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Answer 2

mhoutman Author

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Nov 13, 2008 2:06 PM in response to iBod

are you sure ? but how then can i save a pdf page to my disk ?

tia mike

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Answer 3

Nov 13, 2008 8:49 PM in response to mhoutman

Print, save as PDF

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Answer 4

mhoutman Author

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Nov 13, 2008 10:25 PM in response to powerbook1701

yes, that was too simple 😉

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Answer 5

Nov 13, 2008 11:06 PM in response to mhoutman

If your viewing a PDF in Safari and you want to dowload the PDF. You can also copy the URL in the address bar and paste that into Safaris download window.

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mhoutman Author

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Nov 14, 2008 1:38 AM in response to iBod

again, can anybody else confirm this as safari in tiger also mentions the toolbar.

thx.mike

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Answer 7

Dimaxum

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Nov 14, 2008 4:53 AM in response to mhoutman

Hi,

You can always use the Schubert PDF plugin to view PDF's in Safari browser.

You can Save, Print an many things more ...

http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf

Good luck ...

Dimaxum

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Answer 8

Nov 14, 2008 6:47 AM in response to mhoutman

I remember, before upgrading to Leopard, that I read in different places on the built in help files about the toolbar (and on the Apple Website). I went on a hunt thinking something was wrong with my Tiger system. Turned out the option only applied to the Leopard Version of Safari and not the Tiger version. This came from various sources, including an Apple Store (retail) Genius.

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Answer 9

Nov 14, 2008 6:48 AM in response to mhoutman

no problem at all, see my post about the time I too couldn't figure out why my Tiger Safari wouldn't do it.

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Answer 10

mhoutman Author

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Nov 14, 2008 6:54 AM in response to powerbook1701

thank you all.

i had so many trouble with the acrobat 9 plugin that i went back to preview. this works in fact very well, yet the little toolbar culprit under tiger 😉

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