How to disable the built-in PDF viewer and use Adobe Acrobat

How to disable the built-in PDF viewer and use Adobe Acrobat Reader

Sometimes the Internet browser’s built-in PDF viewer may make llable forms malfunction. If you

experience problems, below are instructions on how to disable the automatic viewer and allow you to

complete the form in Adobe Reader or Acrobat.

FIREFOX - To switch from the built-in PDF viewer to Adobe PDF viewer Firefox:

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox

button and then select Options (if you have an older

version of Firefox, Options may be found by clicking

the Tools button at the top of the window).

2. Select the Applications panel.

3. Find Portable Document Format (PDF) in the Content

Type list and click on it to select it.

4. Click on the drop-down arrow in the Action

column for the above entry and select Use

Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox).

CHROME - To switch from the built-in PDF viewer to Adobe PDF viewer Chrome:

1. Open Chrome and type “chrome://settings/content/

pdfDocuments” in the URL bar in the browser.

2. Where it says “Download PDF les instead of

automatically opening them in Chrome” click on the

toggle button to enable Chrome to download the PDF

instead of opening in Chrome.

3. Close settings tab.

PLEASE READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING AND FILLING OUT THIS FORM

To complete the PDF form you must have Adobe Acrobat or Reader available on your device.

Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software if necessary. For Edge, Firefox, Chrome or Safari

web browsers follow the instructions below.

SAFARI - To switch from the built-in PDF viewer to Adobe PDF viewer Safari:

1. In the Finder, select a PDF, and choose File > Get Info.

2. Click the arrow next to Open With to expose the product menu.

3. Choose either Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader from the application menu.

4. Click the Change All button.

5. When asked if you want to change all similar documents, click Continue.

EDGE - To switch from the built-in PDF viewer to Adobe PDF viewer Edge:

For more information about enabling Adobe Acrobat or

Acrobat Reader in Firefox, Chrome, or Safari please visit:

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/display-pdf-in-browser.html

1. Open the Edge menu (select icon with three

dots at the top-right of the screen) and

choose Settings.

2. Select Cookies and Site Permissions on the

sidebar.

3. Scroll down the screen and select PDF

documents.

4. Turn on the switch next to Always download PDFs.