Problem viewing pdf files when browsing

Help!  Ever since downloading the lates Adobe and purchasing it, I can't view a pdf file at all from any site without first saving it somewhere.  If I just click on it, it won't open -- it makes me save it to a file first.  That never happened before.  After I download it and save it, then I can view it.  Is there a setting I need to change or something?  Thanks...

Hi Randy,
Try this:
- Quit Safari completely (Safari menu > Quit)
- Launch the Terminal application (Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
- Enter the following command and then press return:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool NO
- Close the Terminal window
- Restart Safari
- Try another PDF file and see if they now open in Safari.

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