Adobe Apps - Which Browser for Help?
James L. Ryan
running OS-X 10.2 and have the latest versions of GoLive, Illustrator,
InDesign, ImageReady, LiveMotion, and Photoshop installed. I also have both
Safari and Internet Explorer installed. I would like Safari to be my default
browser as I wish to use Internet Explorer only when checking website
implementations. Adobe has implemented its help systems as html files. As
things now stand GoLive's help will open in Safari, but the other Adobe
applications help will open in Internet Explorer even if Safari is running.
How can I change things so that all of the Adobe applications use Safari and
not Internet Explorer?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, etc.
-- James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft
Ray Fischer
System Preferences -> Internet
Set your default browser to be Safari.
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Ray Fischer
rfis...@sonic.net
Jan Andreas Knudsen
Find the index html page in the Help folder within the folder for each
Adobe app. Right-click on the html file and choose Open With...
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jaknudsen
James L. Ryan
(in message <b5ieec$7vt$1...@bolt.sonic.net>):
[responding to my query as to how one can have Safari, not Internet Explorer,
be the browser used for the help service of various Adobe applications]
> System Preferences -> Internet
>
> Set your default browser to be Safari.
I already had Safari set as the default browser as you suggest, and still
Internet Explorer is launched.
James L. Ryan
(in message <1fs8wds.zyz8samzjleoN%jan.a....@student.bi.no.invalid>):
[responding to my query as to how one can have Safari, not Internet Explorer,
be the browser used for the help service of various Adobe applications]
> Find the index html page in the Help folder within the folder for each
> Adobe app. Right-click on the html file and choose Open With...
In response to your suggestion here's what I tried, unfortunately without
success. First I signed onto the administrator account so that I could access
the application files. Then, in turn, I fired up each of the applications of
concern. Once an application had launched I then activated its help. In
Internet Explorer I could then see the path name to the initiating help file.
I then closed Internet Explorer, navigated to that file via Finder and then
selected "Open With..." and responded by selecting Safari. In response the
help system immediately opened in Safari. However, subsequent attempts to
access help directly from the application caused Internet Explorer to open.
Karl von Laudermann
> success. First I signed onto the administrator account so that I could access
> the application files. Then, in turn, I fired up each of the applications of
> concern. Once an application had launched I then activated its help. In
> Internet Explorer I could then see the path name to the initiating help file.
> I then closed Internet Explorer, navigated to that file via Finder and then
> selected "Open With..." and responded by selecting Safari. In response the
> help system immediately opened in Safari. However, subsequent attempts to
> access help directly from the application caused Internet Explorer to open.
Actually, what you should do is select the .html file, do "Get Info",
and in the "Open with:" section of the Info window, choose Safari.
Clicking the "Change All..." button would also be a good idea, but IIRC
that will only affect files whose creator code is not set to a different
browser.
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-- Karl J. von Laudermann -- karlvonl(at)rcn.com --
-- <http://www.geocities.com/~karlvonl/> --
James L. Ryan
(in message <b5ieec$7vt$1...@bolt.sonic.net>):
[in response to my request for information on how to have Adobe applications
use Safari instead of Internet Explorer as the default browser for help]
> System Preferences -> Internet
>
> Set your default browser to be Safari.
That I had already done, both for the administrator account and user account,
but it was not successful. One would think that changing the default browser
selection would have worked.