Linking: specify open preference

When setting links in a pdf doc there are 3 steps. The third one opens a box called "specify open preference". I would like to default to the second option "new window" since I repeatedly select that option, but I've been unable to get the window to open with the radio button for "new window" preselected. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks for any help.

After creating a "Go to page view" type link you can go back end edit it and specify how you want the other document to open:
I realize this is a bit tedious, but that's how it's done.

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We would like to set the "New Window" as default but can't find where to set it.. I looked through all the Perferences and could not find where this is set.
We see this when creating Links.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Thanks for your reply. We are using Acrobat Pro 10.1.3 on Windows 7 64 bit workstation.
We see this when adding a link in a PDF.
Go to Tools, Content, Link. Highlight something, Creat Link, click Next. Pick somthing to Link too. Like another PDF and the Window in the first screen shot comes up.
I ran a Regshot and here are the results. Looks like all user keys which would be normal but there must be a way to set the default in the Preferences? This does not seem to be a setting that stays if you will so there must be something over-riding it.

Javascript to add "Specify Open Preference" dialog when linking with "Go to a page view"

Hi, all!
We're needing to file a brief with the Court. Within our .pdf brief, we link to exhibits and transcripts.
For the exhibits, we hyperlink using "open a file," because going to the first page of the exhibit is fine. Here, after selecting our file, we're given the "Specify Open Preference" dialog, where you can either (a) go with the user's setting, (b) mandate opening the link in the same window or (c) mandate opening the link in a new window. This is perfect -- we always want a new window.
However, for the transcripts, we need it to go to a particular page, so we use "Go to a page view." This works fine, except that it ALWAYS and ONLY goes with the user preference. We want it to ALWAYS and ONLY open in a new window, so the Court can close the destination and be in the same place in the Source doc. I realize they can set their preference or use "return to previous view," but we can't really communicate that.
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Thank you so much for your thoughts and help!
--ak

After creating a "Go to page view" type link you can go back end edit it and specify how you want the other document to open:
I realize this is a bit tedious, but that's how it's done.

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Thanks for the info.
Was there a document you pulled this from?
I have an old document from CS2 days that is invaluable for providing a detailed list of available script methods and properties. Obviously things that have been added in subsequent InDesign releases aren't in this document. Later InDesign CS releases offer script SDKs that contain helpful sample scripts but I don't find a detailed summary similar to one from CS2. Have I just not found them? Or how does one find the script method/property for things not contained in the sample scripts?

Difference in email ids specified in preferences link

I wanted to understand the difference between the email ids specified in the links Preferences->General and Preferences->Notification schedule in Oracle 11g database enterprise manager. From the documentation I have seen, it appears that that the notification would not go unless the notification schedule is not defined and that the emails would go to the email ids specified in the notification schedule. So, it looks apparent that the email ids specified in Preferences->General would have no role.
I hope, my question is clear that there seems to be no use of the email ids specified in Preferences->General?
Please revert with the reply to my query.
Regards

Not quite sure I follow but let me try to answer the best I can. In 11g, the Preferences -> email is the email address for each user (set per user). You then have the notification schedule, this is your users schedule of when notifications should be received or not. If you don't want to get emails between 10pm and 4am, you can make that change here. A Super User or SYSMAN acct also needs to set the SMTP info under Setup -> Notification Methods for email to work.
Then you get to the Notification Rules (Preferences -> Rules). You can either Create/Edit (if you have permissions) or Subscribe to an existing. If an administrator sets up a notification rule, a normal user can go in and subscribe to that rule to receive the email notifications (based on their email config and schedule above). Or if you're the owner of a notification rule, you can click the Email Me in the Actions tab of the rule, or assign another notification method (script, pl/sql, etc)... Notifications will only be sent to those users who's email is correct and schedule is enabled for that time.
Does this clarify?

When clicking on links that open in a new window, the links don't open and Firefox freezes in a way. I can navigate the page I am on but cannot click to open a new tab or bookmark.

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Go to Tools->Options->Apps
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Find and select excel spreadsheet or any other content type in the left column. There should be a corresponding action in the right column. What is it? You can use the drop-down list to select the option you want:
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Save file - Firefox will save this file to your computer
Use - Firefox will give this file to the program to open it
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How to set file opening preference in OS 10.5

I have around 1500 Census files which are JPEGS, and they opened nicely with Preview. Today, I loaded most of iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and iWeb). Now, for some reason, every one of those files wants to be opened with Adobe Illustrator which is far from optimal for viewing them. Preview is not even recognized now by the operating system as a means of opening JPEGS, and it refuses to open them even though it is open and running.
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Kappy, that did not work. I did a Google search on the subject and learned about an app called RCDefaultApp. I downloaded that and placed it in my Library file as directed. I then closed System Preferences and reopened it. The app showed up on the far left of the "Other" line of System Preferences.
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About ready to tear my hair out, I decided if all else fails restart the computer. That fixed the problem. It appears the opening preferences got returned to their original values. The files now open with Preview.
Interestingly, when I started installing iLife, there was a warning that I would have to restart my computer when the software was loaded. I omitted GarageBand which I don't need. There was never any alert that the software was loaded and I should restart my computer. So, I didn't. Maybe some corruption crept in as a result.
While at it, I also went into Finder preferences and checked the block under Advanced to show all extensions. Quite a few of those census files had none, and they do now.
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I don't want links to open in a new tab or window.

On any website with links (especially reddit), EVERY time I click a link, it opens in a new tab or window.
I do not wan't this.
I just want the link to open in the same tab I'm using.

Hello,
Please see the articles:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
You can check your '''about:config''' page to see if maybe an extension or something modified those preferences.
In order to change your Firefox Configuration please do the following steps:
# In the [[Location bar autocomplete|Location bar]], type '''about:config''' and press '''Enter'''. The about:config "''This might void your warranty!''" warning page may appear.
# Click '''I'll be careful, I promise!''' to continue to the about:config page.

In FF 34.0.5 I use to be able to click on a link within an e-mail and the link would open in a new tab; it now opens in the same tab; how can i change it back?

I'm using FF 34.0.5 (I like it). I use to be able to right click on a link, within an e-mail, and the link would open in a new tab. Now when I click on the link it opens in the same tab replacing my e-mail.
Example - a friend sends me an e-mail containing a link to a web site he thinks I'd like. I click on the link and go to the web site and then go back to the e-mail tab and reply to him. Now, when clicking that link, my e-mail disappears and is replaced by the new site.
How can I fix this? When this happened once before I was told to change the 'value' for a specific 'preference name' through the about:config page.
Can anyone help jog my memory?
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Is this about clicking a link in an external program?
You can check this pref on the about:config page for external links.
* browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external (-1)
If this pref has the default value -1 then browser.link.open_newwindow is used.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow
*1: current tab; 2:new window; 3:new tab;
You can open the <b>about:config</b> page via the location/address bar.
You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

Cant Get Links To Open In New Tab Instead Of New Window !!!!

Alright I must be missing something. I have done the following:
Safari -->
Preferences -->
GENERAL
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TABS
All Boxes Are Checked
Everytime I click on a link online the page opens in a new window. How can I get the links to open as a new tab within the window?
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When I click a link to open the page in new tab, it open the new page beside my page.

After I update FireFox to version 3.6.8, I could not open the new page in the last tab, it always opens the new page in beside the tab.
Mmm…I could not make sure the new page or new tab I said is the same with you…?? (I use Chinese version so that I don’t know if it’s the same or not…)
A window could open several pages with different tabs, and I could click different tab to different page, right?
If I right clicked a link to open the page to “new tab” in the same window, the new tab opened in the last tab of my window.
But after I update FireFox to version 3.6.8 and I click a link to open the page to “new tab” in the same windoe, the new tab will open beside my page. (Mmm…Open on right of my page.)
I would like the “new tab” open to the last tab in my window, not “beside” the tab I used. How could I change the setting??)
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== After I update FireFox to 3.6.8

That feature isn't new to 3.6.8, it was changed in 3.6.
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''If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.''
Filter = '''browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent'''
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Acrobat 11.01.10 Mac OS 10.8.5 Crashes when opening preferences or making annotations

I noticed my MacBook Air (2 GHz Intel Core i7 8 GB Memory) was opening Acrobat Pro 8 rather than Acrobat Pro 11 -- I had installed the latter but at some point had starting defaulting to the former.
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I lost my custom tools, so I recreated them after trying to restore them from Time Machine.
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Pat Inman
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Adobe Reader open a PDF embed with a Link to Open another PDF

HI,
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