.doc --> .pdf; launching Acrobat from NNav.

[Kevin W. Bishop]

It's been a long time since I've tried this so I'm probably forgetting 
something ...


Objective:  to convert .doc files (Word2000) to .pdf by "printing" to 
PDFWriter from Word and saving locally.


Problem:  When accessing these documents through the web, NNav. appears to 
want to decode the .pdf's itself.  It displays a blank window and the 
source code is a mess.  (IE has no problems whatsoever.)  On my first pass, 
NNav. wouldn't even launch Acrobat.  Now it seems to -- I get the logo 
splash -- but Acrobat is nowhere to be seen in the task bar or elsewhere 
(as if it didn't really launch).

I've tested this on multiple machines (Windows) so I'm guessing it isn't 
the local browser/plug-in configuration.

Help?

Any and all suggestions are most welcome.

-kb

[Sorry, I would like to provide URLs for a demonstration but these 
documents are confidential.]


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Kevin W. Bishop, Campus-Wide Info. Sys. Coord.
Libraries and Information Services
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
<bishopk at rpi.edu> | <http://www.rpi.edu/rpinfo/>