Preview won't open PDF file

Hi all,
I've just received a PDF file. I can open it with Firefox PC (at work), but when I do it at home Preview it gives this message:
To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade
to the latest version of Adobe Reader from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
For further support, go to www.adobe.com/support/products/acrreader.html
If I use Safari I get the same message.
It's a PDF form that can be filled in directly with all my data as if it were a DOC ot RFT document. Do I have to download Acrobat Reader: is it my only chance?
Thanks,
--Antonio

Well, that would suggest you either don't have Preview selected, you do have Preview selected but the document is not a PDF or a document type Preview can display, or it's a document crested by an Adobe application that requires either the application that created it or one that can display it. If the latter you may then need Adobe Reader - a compatible version. The current version is 9.x.x.

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