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Shared PDF - cannot save or print - DropBox/Macbook

sporina · 2015-07-21 06:26:21

Hi My friend sent me the Lonely Planet PDF's for a few places on DropBox but when I go to open them it will only allow me to download them on my laptop which is a macbook. I can then only open them with colorsync and there is no option to save them or print them. Can anyone help me and tell me how I can change this as I…

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21-07-2015 7:26am

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sporina

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Hi My friend sent me the Lonely Planet PDF's for a few places on DropBox but when I go to open them it will only allow me to download them on my laptop which is a macbook. I can then only open them with colorsync and there is no option to save them or print them.
Can anyone help me and tell me how I can change this as I want to save them and print them?
thanks in advance

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#2 21-07-2015 9:41am
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Open it in Preview. Or download a different PDF reader and open it in that

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#3 21-07-2015 10:46am
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It sounds like you don't have a PDF reader installed.

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#4 25-07-2015 11:51pm
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You can download a dedicated PDF read such as Adobe Acrobat or use the quick view functionality in OS X, select the file and press the space bar.

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