IMac PDF viewing issue

For some reason whenever I download a PDF file, my computer asks me what kind of a character set it should use. I get choices like cyrilic, western european; basically anything except english. When I choose any of them the file comes up with gibberish. I'm using Firefox. Has anyone had a similar issue and/or know how to remedy it? Thanks!

Do a Get Info in the Finder on Preview.app, look for Languages & expand that, what all is checked?

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When I open a pdf in FF, with the FF PDF plugin enabled, I found the icons disconnected and distorted.
While when I open them in Chrome or IE or Adobe Reader, it looks good.
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Hello,
In order to change the default reader for PDF files (to not open PDF files with Firefox's internal PDF reader), follow these steps:
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#In the ''Search'' field, type ''PDF''. You should find ''Portable Document Format (PDF)''.
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I'm thinking of removing Reader all together on the workstations that have Pro.
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