{"id":171,"date":"2015-05-25T05:54:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T18:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=171"},"modified":"2022-11-14T20:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T09:05:44","slug":"how-to-make-pdfs-open-up-in-adobe-acrobat-by-default","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/how-to-make-pdfs-open-up-in-adobe-acrobat-by-default\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make PDF&#8217;s open up in Adobe Acrobat by default"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 8 introduced a new PDF viewer installed by default and many are finding that PDF&#8217;s are not opening up in Adobe Acrobat even after it has been installed.<\/p>\n<p>To get your PDF&#8217;s to open up automatically in Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of the default Windows 8 PDF reader please follow the following steps.<\/p>\n<h2>Step 1 &#8211; Open up Default Programs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on start<\/li>\n<li>Type in Default Programs and click on the first option that comes up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Default-Programs.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172\" data-original=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Default-Programs.png\" alt=\"Default Programs\" width=\"522\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step 2 &#8211;\u00a0Click on &#8220;Set your default programs&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-Your-Default-Programs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-Your-Default-Programs.png\" alt=\"Set-Your-Default-Programs\" width=\"852\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-Your-Default-Programs.png 852w, https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-Your-Default-Programs-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Step 3 &#8211; Set the Adobe Reader Program as Default<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on Adobe Reader on the left hand side<\/li>\n<li>Click on Set this program as default<\/li>\n<li>Click on ok<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-this-program-as-default.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-this-program-as-default.png\" alt=\"Set-this-program-as-default\" width=\"1195\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-this-program-as-default.png 1195w, https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-this-program-as-default-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Set-this-program-as-default-1024x583.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is assuming that you have already installed Adobe Reder. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t it can be downloaded from <a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>For those that prefer to see this in action you can watch the following quick demonstration<\/h2>\n<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 8 introduced a new PDF viewer installed by default and many are finding that PDF&#8217;s are not opening up in Adobe Acrobat even after it has been installed. To get your PDF&#8217;s to open up automatically in Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of the default Windows 8 PDF reader please follow the following steps. 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