Setting Acrobat Reader as default

when I open a PDF file it opens in Preview. How do I change it so that by default the Acrobat Reader opens the PDf files. I went to the Acrobat Reader website but their instructions didn't work for me. Thank you for responding.

You need to have at least Adobe Reader 6 to do this. (It was Acrobat Reader; it's been Adobe reader for several versions now.) If you have an older version, go to adobe's site and download a more recent one. The current version is 7.05.
EDIT Oh, wait. I answered this thinking you meant you wanted to see web pages in your browser without downloading them. If you mean your downloaded pages open in Preview and you want to change it, click once on the icon of a closed PDF, press command + i for the get info window, change the application to Reader, then Change All.

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