hello again sorry that was adobe reader I am using to open PDF files not acrobat reader as I mentioned in the last mail. many thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: vts To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:20 PM Subject: [vip_students] pdf files hello guys from time to time i get PDF files sent to me as an attachment. and these are very slow at opening and some times they don't open at all. I have the latest version of acrobat reader. can someone tell me is there a way of opening this easier. bearing in mind I don't know much about this sort of thing. regards Vincent Stack