# Why won't Adobe Acrobat quit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084 "2008-03-20T15:58:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084/21 "2008-03-23T20:02:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Ice Wolf]

Interesting that Foxit doesn’t play well with Opera, **Tuckerfan**. To be expected, I suppose – some things don’t work well with others. But it’s smooth-as with Firefox. So, do you have problems with Acrobat Reader with Opera?  
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It’s been so long since I’ve used Acrobat that I couldn’t tell you. I got so tired of Acrobat being a resource hog a couple of years ago that I never looked back after ditching it.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084/22 "2008-03-23T21:45:30Z")

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What do you use to wrestle with .pdf files, if anything, **Tuckerfan**? Or do you just leave 'em alone?

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084/23 "2008-03-23T21:49:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Ice Wolf]  
What do you use to wrestle with .pdf files, if anything, **Tuckerfan**? Or do you just leave 'em alone?  
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If they can be downloaded, I’ll download and open them manually. If not, then I’ll use Firefox (I only use IE for MS sites which refuse to work with Opera for political reasons).

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**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084/24 "2008-03-23T21:53:58Z")

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I know **Icey** has a clever method as she uses them all the time.  
I’d just like to dive in and say that Open Office can read and edit - also create, .pdf files. Which is why I use it for just that purpose and possibly why the Linux machines have no problems with them.  
It is just Firefox+Vista that seems to be defeated by them.

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**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-adobe-acrobat-quit/442084/25 "2008-03-24T03:08:04Z")

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Hi, just wanted to hijack and say thanks to \*\*Icewolf \*\*for the instructions on how to get Foxit. That’s worked perfectly, thanks.

Of course, I’ve just read **Myglaren** ’s post and I have Open Office. :smack:

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