No one here works for or represents MS, including me.

Adobe Reader v9.1.2 should work perfectly well (to read PDF files) in IE8 as
should Adobe Acrobat Pro v7, fully patched. Again, contact Adobe Support.


gman127 wrote:
> I installed the free Adobe Reader V9.1.2 and it made no difference.
> Didn't
> think it would. It doesn't have the capability to create pdf documents or
> convert web pages to pdf documents, and it doesn't merge with Adobe 7.1.0
> Pro, which is the program integrated into IE8. So, I don't know what
> you're
> talking about there.
>
> Quote: Contact Adobe Support (or install Adobe Reader v9.1.2 and/or
> upgrade
> to
> Adobe Acrobat v9.x).
>
> Purchasing Adobe Acrobat V9.x may be a solution for the rich PA bear, but
> not for me. There is no reason for IE8 to be incompatible with Adobe 7
> Pro.
> It's a great program and isn't that old.
>
> You guys design your proprietary programs and consider compatibility with
> other programs later, if at all. You rely on other vendors to change
> their
> code to be compatible with yours. It's what I call design arrogance and
> lassitude.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Contact Adobe Support (or install Adobe Reader v9.1.2 and/or upgrade to
>> Adobe Acrobat v9.x).
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> gman127 wrote:
>>> Althought the Adobe 7 Pro icons appear in IE8, web pages cannot be
>>> converted
>>> to the pdf format. Clicking on the icons does nothing. I have tried
>>> reinstalling and ensuring all updates are installed to no avail.
>>> Rolling
>>> back to IE7, Adobe 7 Pro works like a charm. This must be an IE8
>>> problem.