How can I open a pdf attachment in Mozilla Thunderbird?

Question

In my Thunderbird email account, I checked a box for MSWord to open all attachments, but I would like to reverse that decision since I got a pdf attachment, and MSWord doesn't open that. How do I change it back to the way it was so the pdf attachment can be opened with adobe?

Answer 1

Tools > Options > Attachments > Incoming tab
* in the 'Content Type' column:
* look for: Microsoft Office Word document
* then look at the 'Action' for it
* click on the current Action and select 'use Microsoft Office Word'
If this is already setup ok then leave alone and do the next step.
Is there a 'Content type' for Adobe Acrobat Document' ?
If yes,
* click on the Action and select 'Use Adobe Acrobat' or 'Adobe Reader'
* click on OK
If there is no 'Content type' for Adobe Acrobat Document'
then click on OK and do the next step below.
* Locate email with pdf attachment
* right click on attachment and choose Open
* select 'Open with' and choose 'Adobe Reader'
* select 'do this automatically for files like this from now on.'
* click on OK