Solutions to PDF problems

Adobe Reader X is causing problems viewing PDFs. Where we know of affected databases, a note has been added to the record on the databases pages.

Some suggestions that have been posted via Adobe Forums include:
• right-click and save to My Documents. And, if this is a problem, the following workaround:
• When you click on the PDF symbol, you get the following message “To help protect your security, IE blocked this site…” Users should “Click here for options..” then choose “Download file”. This usually results in a blank screen. Leave this blank screen open and then go back and click on the PDF symbol again (from the original webpage) and the PDF will download. Subsequent PDF downloads should also be enabled after that.
• a way round the problem is to use a non-standard PDF viewer, such as the PDF viewer integrated into Google Chrome.

See also: Tips from SciVerse

Deirdre

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  1. Just a note re ScienceDirect/Scopus: This weekend Elsevier is doing maintenance work on platforms and that "solving issues with PDF downloading and RSS feeds" are among the things being done – Deirdre

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