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Saving A Pdf To Pc

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bluemoon1 | 21:05 Fri 12th Mar 2021 | Technology
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I use the microsoft edge browser and up until just recently have had no trouble saving pdf's to my PC. Now the save option is no longer available and I can only print it, but if I open the document in chrome I can still save it.
It would seem that something has been altered in one of the annoying updates that microsoft make you do and I want to go back to being able to save pdf's in edge. I'm sure it's just something that needs clicking in edge but can't find it.

Any help would be appreciated.
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If you want to be able to choose the file location where your individual PDFs are saved to, rather than have them all end up in 'Downloads' (or wherever else you've chosen as the default location for downloads), click on the three dots, then on Settings. Then click Downloads and move the slider to enable 'Ask me what to with each download'. Then, rather than...
21:29 Fri 12th Mar 2021
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Ignore this question, just realised they are now automatically saved without the need to do anything. DOH.
If you want to be able to choose the file location where your individual PDFs are saved to, rather than have them all end up in 'Downloads' (or wherever else you've chosen as the default location for downloads), click on the three dots, then on Settings. Then click Downloads and move the slider to enable 'Ask me what to with each download'.

Then, rather than seeing a dialogue box open (with the options to 'Save' or 'Open'), as in the old days, you'll be prompted to make your choice at the bottom left of your screen. Selecting 'Save As' enables to to choose where the file ends up.

For a more intuitive way of doing things though, switch to Slimjet. Like both Edge and Chrome, it's based upon the developer-level Chromium browser but it's faster and generally better:
https://www.slimjet.com/
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Thanks got that sorted now, can't think why anybody thought it was an improvement to just save them and not give the option of where too.

Thanks for the slimjet link too, I can now read the papers in peace. I didn't want to install an ad blocker in my main browser as they can interfere too much, but that does the trick.

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