Can I force the pdf to open in Adobe Reader?

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Hi,
In my lesson, I have a link that opens a pdf.
The pdf opens in the browser.
Is there any way to force it to open in Adobe Reader?
thanks!

Hi there
This is a question that is likely better suited for the forum supporting PDF reader. However, I seem to recall seeing something a year or four back that said this was a preference for each user. If that still holds true today, it would mean that you really have no control over it from the authoring end and machine A might open it and see it in the reader as you want, while machine B might open it and see it in the browser.
Hopefully others will share more light on this. Until then, I'd recommend using Google to search for opening PDFs from browser links.
Cheers... Rick

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