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How to Set "Helper
Apps" in Your Browser
Try
the following:
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OR -
For
Word
Perfect in Netscape version 3, to set
options for configuring helper applications:
Select:
Options| Preferences | Helpers from Netscape's Menu Bar,
- Click on the Create New Type button,
- Type file into the Mime type field and WP
template into the Mime subtype field, and
- Then, click the OK button.
- Type wpt, wpd into the File Extensions field,
- Click on the Browse button to locate Word
Perfect (i.e. wpwin8.exe),
- Select the Launch the Application radio button
to start Word Perfect automatically or Select the Unknown:
Prompt User radio button if you would like to be prompted
to launch Word Perfect or to save the document to disk, and
- Then, click the OK button at the bottom of
the Preferences dialog box.
For
Word
Perfect in Netscape version 4, to set
options for configuring helper applications:
Select:
Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Applications from Netscape's
Menu Bar,
- Click on the Create New Type button,
- Type Word Perfect Files in the Description
of type field,
- Type wpt, wp6, wpd into the File extension
field,
- Type file/WP template into
the Mime field,
- Type the location of your Word Perfect application (i.e. c:\corel\suite8\programs\wpwin8.exe)
- Then, click the OK button.
- To ensure that Word Perfect launches, click on EDIT,
- MIME type should display file/WP
template,
- Type the location of your Word Perfect application (i.e. c:\corel\suite8\programs\wpwin8.exe),
- Check the Ask me before opening downloaded files of
this type box if you would like to be prompted to launch
Word Perfect automatically or to save the document to disk before
viewing.
- Then, click the OK button.
For Word
Perfect in Internet Explorer, to set options
for configuring helper applications:
Select: Edit | View | Options| from Internet
Explorer's Menu Bar,
- Click on the File Types... button within
the Viewers Pane,
- Click on the New Type button in the File
Types dialog box,
- Type Word Perfect files into the Description
of type field,
- Type WPT, WP6, WPD into the Associated Extensions
field, and
- Type file/ WP template into the Content_Type
(MIME): field. The Default Extension for Content
Type: will be added automatically. Also, leave
the Confirm open after download box checked.
This will provide you with a prompt to automatically launch
Word Perfect to view the document or to save the document to
disk before viewing.
- Then, click the OK button.
For Adobe
Acrobat in Netscape version 3, to set
options for configuring helper applications:
Select: Options | General or General Preferences | Helpers
from Netscape's Menu Bar,
- Click on the Create New Type button,
- Type application into the Mime type field
and pdf into the Mime subtype field, and
- Then, click the OK button.
- Type pdf into the File Extensions field,
- Click on the Browse button to locate the
Adobe Acrobat Reader (i.e. acroread.exe),
- Select the Launch the Application radio button
to start Adobe Acrobat automatically or Select the Unknown:
Prompt User radio button if you would like to be prompted
to launch Adobe Acrobat or to save the document to disk, and
- Then, click the OK button at the bottom of
the Preferences dialog box.
For Adobe
Acrobat in Netscape version 4, to set
options for configuring helper applications:
Select: Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Applications
from Netscape's Menu Bar,
- Click on the Create New Type button,
- Type Acroread File in the Description of
type field,
- Type pdf into the File extension field,
- Type application/pdf into the Mime field,
- Type the location of your Adobe Acrobat Reader (i.e. c:\Acroread\acroread.exe)
- Then, click the OK button.
- To ensure that Adobe Acrobat Reader launches, click on the
EDIT button,
- MIME type should display application/pdf,
- Type the location of your Adobe Acrobat Reader application
(i.e. c:\Acroread\acroread.exe),
- Check the Ask me before opening downloaded files of
this type box if you would like to be prompted to launch
Adobe Acrobat automatically or to save a document to disk before
viewing.
- Then, click the OK button.
For
Adobe Acrobat in Internet Explorer,
to set options for configuring helper applications:
Select: Edit | View | Options| from Internet
Explorer's Menu Bar,
- Click on the File Types... button within
the Viewers Pane,
- Type Adobe Acrobat Document into the Description
of type field,
- Type pdf into the Associated Extensions field,
and
- Type application/pdf into the Content_Type
(MIME): field. The Default Extension for Content
Type: will be added automatically. Also, leave
the Confirm open after download box checked.
This will provide you with a prompt to automatically launch
Adobe Acrobat to view the document or to save the document to
disk before viewing.
- Then, click the OK button.
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