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This is really off the wall and a problem for which I have searched, without success, for an answer.
Using SL and Apple Mail, when I receive an email from one other Apple user, with a .pdf file attached, the first page of the .pdf file opens in Mail and when you get to the bottom of the first page of that email, you are presented with a slider, as in the type on which you click to play a QuickTime file. Click on it and subsequent pages of the .pdf file flash by, one after the other, too quick to read.
To see what I mean, look at the screen shot I took of the bottom half of one of his incoming emails.
https://files.me.com/bikerbob38/ybduxw
Is this weird or what?
Any suggestions, observations, thoughts??
Thanks

Thank you, Linc. I have followed your advise and downloaded Tinker Tool and changed the preferences as suggested. I haven't tested it yet, though. If it doesn't solve my problem, I'll so advise. If it does, I'll be hitting the "This solved my question" button.
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