Disabling Adobe Acrobat - how to?

Hi all, I'm running Safari 3.0.4 on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS 10.5.1. I installed Adobe CS3, and with it came Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. Although I do like Adobe Acrobat, I do not want it to be the preferred reader in Safari - I would like preview to be the default. What is the easiest way for me to get Safari to use Preview over Adobe? I searched all of the Safari preferences and could not find a solution. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Bryan

Hi Bryan,
Trash this file and restart Safari:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin
Safari should then default back to the built-in Preview PDF viewer it has.

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If Adobe Reader or Acrobat is installed, and the problem is just that you can't print or save PDF's displayed in Safari, you may be able to do so by moving the cursor to the the bottom edge of the page, somewhere near the middle. A black toolbar should appear under the cursor. Click the printer or disk icon.
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