If your using Adobe PDF reader try uninstalling and trying another one. I swicth to Nitro PDF reader and I like it better then Adobes.
http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=nitro+pdf&platformSelect=Windows&tag=srch&searchtype=downloads&filterName=platform%3DWindows&filter=platform%3DWindows
When opening a PDF from the internet, the file is opened in Word, however in "other encoding"- Japanese (Shift- JIS). I have researched the net and cannot find a way to change this to where the file opens in English. I have dumped and reloaded adobe to no avail. Do you have any suggestions as what to do or where to find the answers?
Thank you for your time,
D. Trammell

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