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Action setting was changed and I want to know how to change it back.

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I frequently use a website that provides documents in PDF form. In the past when I selected a document to view it would open the PDF in the browser window. I must have changed a setting at some point and now it opens a save window to download the document. I need to figure out how to change that back.

I frequently use a website that provides documents in PDF form. In the past when I selected a document to view it would open the PDF in the browser window. I must have changed a setting at some point and now it opens a save window to download the document. I need to figure out how to change that back.

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Hi, go to the 3-bar menu > Options (General) > Applications, then select Portable Document Format, and under the Action heading, select Open in Firefox.

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please help other users by marking the best reply as Solved. Thank you!

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Hi, go to the 3-bar menu > Options (General) > Applications, then select Portable Document Format, and under the Action heading, select Open in Firefox.

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please help other users by marking the best reply as Solved. Thank you!

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Thank you so much. I knew it was an easy fix but am too busy to spend time to figure it out on my own!