Edge doesn't retain tables. I like it for reading straight text but for
reading documents with tables or filling out forms, it is not a good
idea to use.

Perhaps because it doesn't retain table formatting and doesn't handle
things like being able to fill out fillable PDF forms, it loads
documents much faster, which matters if they are long documents. But
for general reading, I use Edge.

Gene

On 6/10/2022 2:40 AM, Brian's Mail list account via groups.io wrote:

I often find that the Edge version of the pdf reader tends to work
better with nvda than the native Adobe one. The problem, often with
adobe is that some lines read like they have no spaces between words,
whereas this is not the case with Edge on the same files. Very strange!

Brian

A google search has this as a web snippet under people also ask:
How do I change my default PDF viewer in Thunderbird?
You can set the default viewer for pdf attachments in Thunderbird in the preferences under "Attachments → Incoming".

If you need help getting to the right polace to make the change ask and I or someone will write instructions.

Gene

On 6/9/2022 10:12 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

I use thunderbird as my email client. I have acrobat dc set as my default for opening pdf files. When I get an email with a pdf attachment, and i open the attachment, it insists on opening in thunderbird's method of reading pdf files, which does not include any sort of markup, such as for tables. So you can't use NVDA table reading to make sense of what is clearly a table. What I want is for the file to open in acrobat reader when I click on it in T-bird, and since I have that set as my default, it seems to me this should happen, but it does not. Any help out there?


Mary

I often find that the Edge version of the pdf reader tends to work better with nvda than the native Adobe one. The problem, often with adobe is that some lines read like they have no spaces between words, whereas this is not the case with Edge on the  same files. Very strange!

Brian

A google search has this as a web snippet under people also ask:
How do I change my default PDF viewer in Thunderbird?
You can set the default viewer for pdf attachments in Thunderbird in the
preferences under "Attachments → Incoming".

If you need help getting to the right polace to make the change ask and
I or someone will write instructions.

Gene

On 6/9/2022 10:12 PM, Mary Otten wrote:

I use thunderbird as my email client. I have acrobat dc set as my
default for opening pdf files. When I get an email with a pdf
attachment, and i open the attachment, it insists on opening in
thunderbird's method of reading pdf files, which does not include any
sort of markup, such as for tables. So you can't use NVDA table
reading to make sense of what is clearly a table. What I want is for
the file to open in acrobat reader when I click on it in T-bird, and
since I have that set as my default, it seems to me this should
happen, but it does not. Any help out there?


Mary

I use thunderbird as my email client. I have acrobat dc set as my default for opening pdf files. When I get an email with a pdf attachment, and i open the attachment, it insists on opening in thunderbird's method of reading pdf files, which does not include any sort of markup, such as for tables. So you can't use NVDA table reading to make sense of what is clearly a table. What I want is for the file to open in acrobat reader when I click on it in T-bird, and since I have that set as my default, it seems to me this should happen, but it does not. Any help out there?


Mary