PDF file problem

Apologies if I am posting this in the wrong part of the forum.
I am having trouble with pdf files I save from websites.
When I try to open them, I get the message:
unable to open FILENAME because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).
I know there is no problem with the pdfs themselves, because everything works OK on my Windows computer. Is there something I need to do to my MacBook Air to get it to be able to save pdf files and then open them again?
I have tried to select the webpage content and save it to a Word file, but the page will not let me select it. Again, I have tried this with several pdf files, all of which work fine on Windows, so it is not the pdf that is the problem, but Mavericks must be doing something wrong, or maybe there is a plug-in or something that I need.
Any advice on how to resolve this?

Just to add a bit more detail, in case this helps to explain the problem better.
When I am on Safari and open a PDF file on the website, I click on EDIT (on the menu).
Normally when I do this i can then SELECT ALL, but when I am viewing a PDF file on Safari the 'select all' is greyed out, so I cannot 'select all.'
If someone emails me a PDF file, it opens perfectly, so the problem seems to be associated with PDFs on Safari.
I'm not sure if this helps to explain he problem further, but I believe it is a problem with Safari, not with the PDF file.

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