[WEB4LIB] ProQuest Direct & Acrobat windows

[Darryl Friesen]

>We have recently subscribed to ProQuest Direct and I am frustrated with the
>way PQD 'captures' Acrobat windows in Netscape 4. I would like to have the
>pdf files open in a separate Acrobat window (or full screen), rather than
>within the PQD
>frameset. Now you must scroll sideways and down in order to read the screen
>-- a bug, not a feature, I'd say. I  emailed their technical support last
>week but have not received a response thus far.

This is a function of the Acrobat Reader plug-in, not Netscape or ProQuest.

Check the Acrobat Reader's preferences and see if there's an option for
opening in a new windows instead of the broswer window.


- Darryl

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