open wordpress media using link in word doc on my mac

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  holmesrun · Member · Mar 7, 2015 at 7:34 pm

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  I have uploaded media (pdf files) to WordPress media library. I have a Word doc on my mac with the https addresses of the pdf files as imbedded hyperlinks. When I click the links in Word, Word opens the pdf file in Word which in not readable. I want to open the media as a pdf file in Adobe Reader. Can you tell me how?

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  holmesrun · Member · Mar 7, 2015 at 7:36 pm

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 7, 2015 at 8:15 pm

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  You will need to look into Microsoft help or support I’m afraid. I’m not sure if it is possible to force Microsoft Word to open a pdf in Adobe Reader.

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  holmesrun · Member · Mar 7, 2015 at 11:44 pm

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  The problem was Safari. I had created a Word doc with embedded hyperlinks to the pdf files in my Media Library. The media files have secure (https://) URL’s. When I clicked on a hyperlink, Safari tried to make a secure connection to the pdf files but failed. The result was a screen full of hash characters. I installed Firefox and made it my default browser. All is well. Thank you for the help.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 8, 2015 at 4:16 pm

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  Glad to hear you got it sorted out!