Tip for: 10.24.16

Reports in Alexandria generated in Circulation, or accessed through Operation Management, will download as PDFs to your computer. Did you know you can set your browser preferences to open these files for you?

To have Chrome open pdfs automatically:

Go to chrome://plugins in Chrome
Enable Chrome PDF Viewer
Download a PDF (e.g. in Circulation, Patron pane > Actions menu > History)
In the bottom left corner, click the arrow next to the downloaded file
Choose Always Open With System Viewer

Learn more for Chrome

You can choose how Firefox handles different file types:

Go to Firefox Preferences
On the left, click Applications
Find Portable Document Format (PDF) and set its Action

Learn more for Firefox

To configure Safari to open PDFs automatically:

Go to Safari Preferences, General
Check the box to Open “safe” files after downloading

Learn more for Safari

For Internet Explorer:

Open IE Preferences
On the left, click Internet
Check the box to Display PDF in browser
You may also need to Manage Add-ons and Enable Adobe PDF Reader.

Learn more for IE here And here

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