Note: In Adobe Reader 9 and X, The "Display PDF In Browser" setting only controls whether or not.
Reopen your Mozilla application and verify that the plugin is enabled. Select "Display PDF In Browser" and then click OK. Choose "Edit -> Preferences -> Internet". Deselect "Display PDF In Browser" and then click OK. In Adobe Reader, choose "Edit -> Preferences -> Internet". If it is already selected, "toggle" the setting as follows: If the entry is "grayed out" (disabled), select the Adobe Acrobat entry and click "Always Activate" ("Enable" in older versions).Īdobe Reader X (10.0.x) or earlier: Check Adobe Reader program settings Ĭlose your Mozilla application, open the Adobe Reader program and make sure that "Display PDF in browser" is selected in the Adobe Reader program preferences, under "Internet". Open the Add-ons Manager in Firefox ("Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins") or SeaMonkey ("Tools -> Add-ons Manager-> Plugins") and verify that the Adobe Acrobat plugin is listed and enabled. If that's not happening, do the following: Links to PDF files should open automatically in a browser window or tab and opening a webpage with an embedded PDF document should display the PDF content. You can test the plugin by clicking this test link: For Linux or other operating systems, visit PluginDoc.Īdobe Reader includes a browser plugin which is enabled by default. The following applies to the Adobe Reader browser plugin on Windows. See the Adobe forum thread Reader XI not available for Windows Vista. Note: Adobe Reader XI is not officially supported on Windows Vista but can still be installed. For example, to download the Adobe Reader XI (version 11.0.06) English-US installer for Windows, go to and save the file "AdbeRdr11006_en_US.exe" to your computer. After the Adobe Reader download is finished, close your Mozilla browser, go to the location where you saved the installation file (e.g., your Desktop or Downloads folder) and then run the installer.Īlternately, review the Adobe Reader system requirements, go to the Adobe Reader FTP site and download the installer for your operating system and language. The full, offline installer is available from the Adobe Reader Distribution page. You can also download current and previous versions of Adobe Reader here.
To get the current version of Adobe Reader, go to and click the "Download" button.