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teresaj
teresaj
Participant
August 1, 2017
Question

cant open a PDF file in gmail

  • August 1, 2017
  • 3 replies
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i am getting this message in my email

i have downloaded the acrobat reader program and the chrome attachment, but it still isnt showing me the pdf

To view your invoice

Open the attached PDF file. You must have Acrobat® Reader® installed to view the attachment.

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    mandy33336068e7gy
    Participant
    November 2, 2023

    To save Gmail emails as PDFs, create a Gmail label and Google Drive folder. Use a Google Sheets add-on to convert and store emails as PDFs. Set up rules for automation. Optionally, download the PDFs locally for offline access. Check our blog . Download Gmail to an external hard drive for detailed instructions.

    teresaj
    teresajAuthor
    Participant
    August 1, 2017

    I don't see an attachment anywhere.... Would that message appear on my email if the sender had forgotten to attach it? I wish I could screen shot on this forum... I tried on my phone. On the email app on my PC, and in chrome... Same message in all three places.

    ~graffiti
    ~graffiti
    Legend
    August 1, 2017

    Generally, you get that message when you attempt to open a pdf file in a browser that uses a non-compliant pdf viewer and generally, the pdf file is a fillable form of some type. You shouldn't get it if there is no file (and as mentioned above, do not try and open any files you are not expecting).

    If you do not know how to download the file without opening in your email client, you will want to find support for that client (in this case, Gmail) and learn how to do that.

    teresaj  wrote

    I don't see an attachment anywhere.... Would that message appear on my email if the sender had forgotten to attach it?

    So you're just opening an email and the email has that message? If that's the case and you haven't clicked on anything in the message, it could be that the sender just adds that by default to all outgoing emails and yes, they may have forgotten to include the attachment. You could contact them on that one.

    ~graffiti
    ~graffiti
    Legend
    August 1, 2017

    Chrome does not use Adobe Reader to view pdf files.

    You need to save the attachment (without opening it first) to your computer then use File>Open from within Reader.

    teresaj
    teresajAuthor
    Participant
    August 1, 2017

    There is no option to do that. The only thing that shows up is what I posted originally.

    To view your invoice

    Open the attached PDF file. You must have Acrobat®Reader® installed to view the attachment.

    ~graffiti
    ~graffiti
    Legend
    August 1, 2017

    If you are using gmail in your browser, open the email, mouse over the attached file and choose the down button. That will prompt you to download the file to your computer. All emails that I'm aware of allow you to download a file without opening it first.

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