When someone clicks on a pdf document from a website, they want to be able to save it directly into their Document Management System like NetDocuments without having to download it to their desktop first.
A good DMS will intercept the Save As process as soon as the user clicks the button. The problem with viewing a pdf on a website is that there is no Save or Save as Button.
As shown above, we only have the option to download this pdf.
The first method I describe here: https://optiable.com/saving-pdfs-from-a-website-in-netdocuments/
Does not seem to work in Pacer/CM/ECF Court Files.
We will need to use Option 2 which calls for us to view Pacer/CM/ECF in the Firefox Web Browser.
Step 1: Download and Install the Firefox Browser
Step 2: In Firefox go to: about:preferences
Step 3: Scroll Down to Applications
Step 4: Under Portable Document Format (PDF) choose your PDF Program
Acrobat/Kofax/PDF Docs
As long as you use Pacer in FireFox, court pdf documents will automatically open in your default pdf program and can be saved into NetDocuments.
If you are a heavy Pacer user. It might be easier just to make Firefox your default browser and use NetDocuments in Firefox: https://optiable.com/using-netdocuments-in-firefox/
You should also look at these programs:
We have also discovered a chrome extension that somewhat mimics the Firefox behavior for PDFS.
Open in PDF Reader: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/open-in-external-app/okdopehcdgnellkaldfnaemhbpciplem?hl=en-US
