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This is what I get when I download a PDF

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If you get this text in a Firefox tab if you left-click a PDF file link then this means that the server sends the file as text/plain and not as application/pdf. You would have to right-click the link and use "Save Link As" to save the file to the hard drive.

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If you get this text in a Firefox tab if you left-click a PDF file link then this means that the server sends the file as text/plain and not as application/pdf. You would have to right-click the link and use "Save Link As" to save the file to the hard drive.

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Thank-you.