Waarom kan firefox de Word bestanden niet als Word downloaden en maakt het hier PDF bestanden van terwijl dit wel lukt dit wel met chrome? https://www.tenderned.nl/tenderned-ta.../237560;section=2

Google Translated: Why can't firefox download the Word files as Word and turn them into PDF files, while it does work with chrome?

Please provide the steps to replicate your issue. I can download Word files and save them as PDF from Office 365

Google Translate: Geef de stappen op om uw probleem te repliceren. Ik kan Word-bestanden downloaden en opslaan als PDF vanuit Office 365

When it would be possible to download a Word file it's no problem to save it as a pdf.

Firefox can't download a Word file as word file. The only option is to download as PDF. Former versions didn't had that problem it started with this problem after the latest update. Something changed in the settings, but I can't find out how to reset these settings.

As show in the first screenshot, the red line is a word file. I want to download it as a word file. But then the second screenshot shows what firefox makes of it.

So where of how do I change these settings to download a Word file as a Word file. Converting and saving as a pdf is no problem.

The server sends the file a "application/pdf" and that makes Firefox think it is a PDF file, while you actually get a DOCX (ZIP archive) file if you look at the HTTP response headers.

• Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Bijlage 8 Checklist.docx"

You will have to use "Save File" and change the .pdf file extension to .docx to get a working file.

Note that the same happens if you download an Excel file that is also send a "application/pdf", so you need to change the file extension here as well to .xlsx.

• Bijlage 10 Bestelformulier 1e levering-bijplaatsing-retourname-verhuizing (Excel 2007, 29 KB)
• Bijlage 10 Bestelformulier 1e levering-bijplaatsing-retourname-verhuizing.xlsx

You can possibly contact the website and ask them to look into this and send the correct content type for these file types or send a generic file extension like "application/octet-stream".

See also this extension:

• https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/content-type-fixer/

You set set browser.download.sanitize_non_media_extensions = false to make Firefox show the correct file extension when you save the file.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can click the button to "Accept the Risk and Continue".

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox