Auto open downloaded PDF's in Preview

Hi All,
I have had a bit of a search through the posts and can't find a similar problem to mine. Just recently Safari pdf downloads (mainly 25-30 page journal articles) are being saved to the desktop and not opening automatically in Preview. I'm not sue if this is coincidental with my switch to 10.4.2 from 10.3.9.
Tips very much welcomed,
Cheers,
Phil

I didn't look hard enough and just found the answer in the post by Jens Gaab - Jens Gaab, "preview as default viewer of pdf's in safari", 05:50am Aug 30, 2005 CDT
Phil

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