How to get Preview to be Safari's default PDF viewer

I mistakenly downloaded Adobe Acrobat Reader, after being advised by a state tax website.  I wish I had first tested my existing configuration because Safari/Preview had always worked just fine for viewing PDF (with the Feds!), but I didn't.  Adobe A. Reader "asked me" if I wanted to make it the default reader of PDF, and mistake number two, I clicked yes.  Then I realized I didn't like A.A.Reader compared with Preview, so I threw it out (I coudn't find any uninstall function). After that Preview worked for PDF files already on my computer, but not in Safari.  Safari Help said there is a toolbar that can be accessed by putting the pointer over the bottom center of the (SafarI) browser window and then 4 buttons are supposed to appear, one saying "open PDF with Preview."  I cant seem to get this toolbar to appear!
I hope there is someone clever out there to tell me how to get Preview to open PDF files in Safari again.
Message was edited by: blckhed     OK, just like the mistake I made with A. A. Reader, I should've looked through the discussions 1st (blame it on tax fatigue) because I found the answer in response to "Adobe Reader messed up Preview & Safari for me.  What now."  I removed the offending AAP plugins from the Internet Plugins folder (Mac HD>Library>Internet Plug-ins) and everything is back to normal.  Thanks Apple Discussions!

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