Saving as PDF in Safari

I used to be able to use the "Save As" Command to save PDF files that have loaded into Safari. Now with version 4.03 I seem to have lost this capability. If I try to save, it just saves as a WEB-link, not as a PDF file. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Greetings,
One person said that if you have Safari set to use the free Adobe Reader, rather than Acrobat Professional (which I have), the direct save functionality is lost.
From everything I remember, this is not true. But it begs the question: Why would you even install Adobe Reader, when Safari is perfectly capable of rendering PDF files on it's own? Adobe Reader alters the behavior of Safari, is slow, buggy, and otherwise worthless. You should uninstall it and the Adobe PDF Viewer plugin completely and vow never to use it again.
If you're going to download a PDF file and then use another PDF reader to view it, the best option is Skim.

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