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my firefox will not save in pdf format? why? any help would be greatly appreciated

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tpgtommy
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i receive a file in pdf format, when i say file save as it wants to save the web address, and not in pdf format.

how do i do it?

i receive a file in pdf format, when i say file save as it wants to save the web address, and not in pdf format. how do i do it?

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finitarry
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Are you downloading or opening the .pdf file? If Firefox is using a plugin to display it, I would not really expect it to do that. Can you not download the .pdf file from the URL, if Firefox used a plugin?