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[David Curry]

jim lawrence wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:13:58 +0200, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:30:08 -0500, jim lawrence <fedorajim at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>I want to change the default application that opens pdf files.  I have
>>>adobe 7 installed I removed gpdf & gvv Any thoughts?
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>>Jim,
>>This is what worked for me in KDE on FC3. Note that my KDE install is
>>in Hebrew, so I am translating the names of menus and things.
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>>In the hat menu->Control Center->KDE Parts->File Ownership:
>>Enter 'pdf' in the search box. Left Click the pdf icon and when you
>>get a menu, move Acrobat all the way up.
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>>If that doesn't work, then Right Click a pdf->Open With->Other:
>>Enter 'acroread' and click 'Save Ownership for this File Type' (or
>>something like that). Then click OK.
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>Is there a way in GNome?  I don't have kde installed nor want to install it. 
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Jim, the Gnome desktop shows an icon labeled, "Start here."  Beginning 
with "Start here" --> Applications --> Preferences --> file types & 
programs --> documents --> published materials --> browse for program to 
run.