Cannot read pdf's in Safari

After I installed Adobe CS3 I have not been able to read pdf's in Safari but can in Explorer. Please help.
Thanks.

I'm not trying to convince you! I accept that Adobe's products have value for certain professionals, and given that Acrobat and the pdf format is one of their specialities, I'd be surprised if despite all the development and investment they put into it their product had no advantages over Apple's give-away reader.
Adobe Reader is free as well - as are the plugins that come with it. I just opened a medical study PDF in Preview - none of the actions worked.
I just don't see how a sales pitch for Adobe is relevant to the OPs problem. You don't need an Adobe plug-in to view pdfs in Safari. I've been getting by without it for years (I just checked and 2010 was the last date I had and Adobe plug-in installed). More to the point, the OPs problem is almost certainly caused by an old Adobe plug-in that needs to be removed.
It's not a sales pitch - it's the correct answer to the OPs problem. If he/she wants to view PDF files inline using Safari, they will need to install Adobe Reader, which also installs the "AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin". If he/she doesn't want the content displayed correctly, then they can leave the plugin alone.
It's that simple.
Clinton

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