View a document in its original application - View a document in its original application - To open a document in its associated application, such as a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel or a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader, complete the following steps. - Perceptive Content - Use Documents - Perceptive-Content/Use-Documents/Foundation-24.1/Use-Documents/Use-View/Use-View/View-documents/View-a-document-in-its-original-application - Foundation 24.1 - Foundation 24.1

To open a document in its associated application, such as a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel or a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader, complete the following steps.

1. If you are viewing a PDF file, choose one of the following methods to verify Adobe Acrobat is configured to display PDFs in a browser.

   Situation	Steps
   Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8 or 9	In Adobe Acrobat Reader, click Edit > Preferences and in the Categories list, click Internet. Clear the Display PDF in browser check box and then click OK.
   Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 or earlier	Set Reader to display PDFs.

2. Open the document.
3. In the File toolbar, click the Launch associated application button.
4. If the Launch Associated Application dialog box appears, select the page you want to view and then click Open.