How to Associate Documents With Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 in a Web Browser

Associating documents in a Web browser is an integral part of using the internet. Adobe's Portable Document Format (pdf) file type is a standard for all types of textual or graphical documents. Adobe Reader should be associated with these file types automatically, though you still have the option to customize your file association settings from within the Web browser's options or preferences. This article will deal with the two most common browsers, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Instructions

1. Check your current file associations in the Options menu. In Firefox, click on "Tools", then "Options...", and then choose the Applications tab. In Internet Explorer, click on "Tools", then "Internet Options", and then choose the Programs tab. These areas of the dialog box will display your current document associations.

2. Choose the file type you want to associate to Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 and apply the appropriate settings. In Firefox, find the file type in the left-hand column, and in the right-hand column, click to find Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0. If Acrobat Reader 9.0 is not an available option, click on "Use other..." and browse to Acrobat. In Internet Explorer, click on "Set Programs" and then "Set Default Programs" to change file type associations.

3. Change your add-on settings to automatically associate files with Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0. In Internet Explorer, click on "Manage add-ons" and make sure the Adobe PDF Link Helper is enabled for the future. In Firefox, click on "Add-ons" under the Tools menu, and then click on the Plugins tab to make sure the Adobe Acrobat PDF Plugin is enabled.