[X4U] How do I stop PDFs from opening?

[John Baltutis]

On 06/08/06, Eugene <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 03:25:27PM CDT, Mark Des Cotes
><mark at astroprinting.com> wrote:
> :
> : How do I stop PDFs from automatically opening when they finish
> : opening? I have a site that I have to download several customer PDFs
> : on a regular basis. I navigate to the site and click on each link to
> : download the PDF. The problem is that as soon as a PDF finishes
> : downloading it opens up and Acrobat pops to the front which is very
> : annoying. I have to close the PDF file, switch back to Safari to
> : click on the next link. Sometimes another PDF will open before I have
> : a chance to click on the next one. I'd really like to stop the PDF
> : from opening but I'm not sure where to do it.
>
> I have the PDF Browser Plugin installed, so PDFs downloaded
> are immediately viewed in the browser in-line.  But I'm an
> OmniWeb user (doesn't really matter, it behaves the same as
> Safari with the plugin installed, but I figure it's time to
> plug OmniWeb again :-).  With Safari, use Safari Enhancer
> to force downloads of all PDFs.  That might work.

No need. As the other poster reponded, OPTION-click on the link in Safari
(without any 3rd party add-ons) downloads the file to your selected download
location, with or without PDF Browser plug-in installed (my normal
installation).