Firefox PDF links - Trying to Open in Pages

Hi all,
I have a bit of a hiccup in that every time I attempt to click on a PDF link in Firefox 3.6.3 to open the file in Preview, the system attempts to open it with pages and I receive the following error message:
The document “PhotoVideo_Solicitation1449-1.pdf” couldn’t be opened. In a Pages Error window. The file automatically downloads and I can open it fine from there, but I'd like to be able to open it in Preview directly. I've gone into the OS settings to make sure Preview is default for PDF (it is). I've also made sure that PDF's in Firefox Preferences are set to open in Preview (it is).
Thanks if anyone can offer advice, solutions etc. This brings me back to my Windows days, of which I NEVER want to return!!!

behrlich
Welcome to the forum.
Sounds like your "helper applications" have got muddled.
In Firefox:
+Menu > Firefox > Preferences > Content > File Types > Configure how Firefox handles certain types of files > Manage… > PDF > Open With > Change Action… > Open them with this application: > Browse to Preview in your Applications folder > OK+
peter

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