The printed version of a .pdf file should look identical to the printed version from the software the file was created in. You can navigate and print this document. Your click will bring up a dialog box that asks you to save the .pdf file to your hard disk drive. If you get a message that your operating system does not recognize the file, then you need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader . If you find that clicking on the link does not load the plug in, chances are you do not have the plug in installed, or set up correctly.
Different browsers interpret a click on a hyperlink in different ways.
Generally, a single right click on a .pdf hyperlinked file will first attempt to load the plug in, second, save the file. Because they are compressed, they take less time to download, but cannot be read or accessed until you 'unzip' them. Both of these programs can compress files, and uncompress files. If you peer into a computer file stored on your hard disk, you will see lots of letters, numbers and characters. What you will also notice is lots and lots of repeated characters or spaces.