Acrobat (and Reader) also has a preference that needs to be UNCHECKED. Prefs > Internet, uncheck first item... Otherwise it will appear in browsers and takes a lot longer to load than Preview. Steve On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Wayne Wilkin wrote: > Get info on the pdf, from there you can tell the system what > application to open pdf's with, Wayne. > > On Aug 1, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Richard Bullen wrote: > >> Is there a way to set the default application for opening pdf's? >> >> My system has started opening doc's in Adope Reader 5 and I would >> prefer >> to have it use Preview or at least A. Reader 7 which is resident >> in the >> applications folder.