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Surely it's not because I'm from outside the US?

Nah, I'm on the central coast (iinet) and am downloading fine. I clicked on the file which opened in my browser window as a pdf. Then I clicked on the "save a copy" button within the pdf frame. It did take a few minutes to appear in my browser due to the file size and no adsl2 up here but once it got there it was good. If you are still stuck let me know and I will dl a few and email to you

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Tried this and it didn't work either!
I have a toolbar across the top of the document that opens in the frame and clicking on the disk icon to save the document (and waiting a few minutes) does nothing.............Might it have anything to do with the version of acrobat I'm using? (v9)
 

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just be patient...you cant save a valid pdf file if it hasnt loaded fully. Once you see the contents, hit the save button!

PS Just downloaded all mentioned links in 5 minutes :)
 

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The Leavenworth papers I can save no problem - but I have had them for years.

What I'm after are the files in the "WW2 Operational Documents" folder - there's 933 items and I want them ALLLLLLLL :upset:

I've always waited until the whole document has loaded.....click....wait......nothing
 

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The Leavenworth papers I can save no problem - but I have had them for years.

What I'm after are the files in the "WW2 Operational Documents" folder - there's 933 items and I want them ALLLLLLLL :upset:

I've always waited until the whole document has loaded.....click....wait......nothing
Maybe the latest version of Adobe may help.
 

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I have the latest version and ...nothing.

HOWEVER

my laptop which has an older adobe version - I have just tested it now - and I can get the files. :D

My wifes computer at work will also allow her to get the files, so we have a solution....:D

Sorry for all the beatching.....:OHNO:
 

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I passed the link onto two local designer friends of mine, Shaun Carter and Ian Daglish. Both were very impressed.
 

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Trev,

Glad to see this. Shaun has already sent out some good info he found there.

Tell Daglish he "owes me BIG".... :clown:
I tell you this Kev. I don't have the genes for scenario design. Whether as a pure player (as in these days) or as a Tournament Director (once upon a time) I can sniff out a good scenario but I could no more design a scenario than lose weight. But these two guys are worth supporting. WhatI might do to help them is worth the effort.
 

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To shortcut the process of loading a .pdf into your browser then saving the file from the Acrobat browser plug-in (an extension of the browser (Internet Explorer/Firefox/Chrome...) to allow the display of .pdf files) page, try the following:

Hover your mouse over the document link. If you see in the status bar at the bottom of your browser something like "http:/abc.def.com/xyz/doc.pdf" then the document can downloaded directly by right-clicking on the document and selecting "Save Target As". A file save dialogue box will come up allowing you to specify where and under what name to save the document.

If you get something like "http:/abc.def.com/xyz/doc.htm" or ".html"/".asp"/".aspx" then you will have to follow the link. Within that link you might find find further links that have a ".pdf" form and you can do the "Save Target As" thing.

The advantage of the "Save Target As" method is that you can have multiple (typically 2 to 4 depending upon your browser settings) downloading at once. You may not get a faster overall download time (depending upon your connection speed and how busy the remote server is) but you can set up a few and go get a coffee or do other things.

I suspect on older machines it will have significantly less of a load on the machine as the file will not be loading into the Acrobat browser plug-in but going straight to disk as is.

It also has the advantage that if there is a problem with the Acrobat browser plug-in, you may not be able to load .pdf files into your browser or save them, this bypasses that process entirely and the files go straight to your disk. They can then be read using the stand-alone Acrobat.

To read a .pdf file you do not need the full Adobe Acrobat, just the free pdf reader. If you can save the files using the above method, but after double clicking on the file, it does not load into Acrobat then there is a problem with your Acrobat (a re-installation might be required).
 
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Over 1000 visitors to this thread in less than a month.

Does anyone feel that this is a "Bad" thread?

No personal attacks, or flame topics?
 

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Re: problems downloading. On my first visit I had no problems viewing the pdf's, but when I returned I had a problem. The panel for the pdf viewer would stay blank even though I could see the modem traffic. After some fussing around with stuff that did not help I opened a pdf that I had on my machine, at first it did not open, I tried a second and it opened. So I went back to the site and tried again, and now it's working again. Go figure. This is all with Firefox.

Here's another site with "term papers" written by WWII officers attending The Infantry School after the war. They usually wrote about actions they were involved in.

https://www.infantry.army.mil/monographs/content/wwii/index.htm
 

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Re: problems downloading. On my first visit I had no problems viewing the pdf's, but when I returned I had a problem. The panel for the pdf viewer would stay blank even though I could see the modem traffic. After some fussing around with stuff that did not help I opened a pdf that I had on my machine, at first it did not open, I tried a second and it opened. So I went back to the site and tried again, and now it's working again. Go figure. This is all with Firefox.

Here's another site with "term papers" written by WWII officers attending The Infantry School after the war. They usually wrote about actions they were involved in.

https://www.infantry.army.mil/monographs/content/wwii/index.htm
Gary,

This website will convert to a combined library with Armor and Infantry papers posted there.
 

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I spent an hour last night just barely scratching the surface of what the links here provide. Wow. Great stuff...really interesting.
 
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