On 2014-06-16, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:28:13 -0500, Ignoramus15251
wrote:

On 2014-06-16, Larry Jaques wrote:

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I finally went back to it and started the download, then told FF to
save the file as a PDF, then stopped the download to the browser. It
saved just fine and is working now. It just wouldn't read in the
browser for some reason.


The reason is that it is too big.

!@#$%^&*. Why didn't someone post that before now? I've read some
might large files, but didn't know there was a limit in browsers.
Perhaps a note next to the large-file link next time?

Too big for whom? It depends on what program you use to view
it, and how much memory your computer has. So that warning would be
useless for some, and likely ignored by others. IIRC, the download site
tells you the size. It is then up to *you* to know whether it is too
big, with *your* computer's memory and such, to view the file.

Today's browsers try to view in a java program in the browser,
instead of downloading it and passing it to a stand-alone program which
only views PDF files.

You can configure most browsers to download and save instead of
attempt to display it -- and you can download a copy of Adobe Acrobat
for most systems to view the file. Download it, save it, and then exit
the memory hog browser and start up Adobe Acrobat (or whatever other PDF
reader you have which is *not* part of a browser.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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