diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
index cfad71d48..d6ba521bb 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js
@@ -1478,8 +1478,8 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 			createBib: 11,
 			loadReport: 12,
 			sep4: 13,
-			reindexItem: 14,
-			recognizePDF: 15
+			recognizePDF: 14,
+			reindexItem: 15
 		};
 		
 		var menu = document.getElementById('zotero-itemmenu');
@@ -1505,40 +1505,41 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 					m.attachLink, m.sep2, m.duplicateItem);
 				
 				// If all items can be reindexed, or all items can be recognized, show option
-				if (Zotero.Fulltext.pdfConverterIsRegistered()) {
-					var items = this.getSelectedItems();
-					var canIndex = true;
-					var canRecognize = true;
-					for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
-						if (!Zotero.Fulltext.canReindex(items[i].id)) {
-							canIndex = false;
-						}
-						if(!Zotero_RecognizePDF.canRecognize(items[i])) {
-							canRecognize = false;
-						}
-						if(!canIndex && !canRecognize) {
-							break;
-						}
+				var items = this.getSelectedItems();
+				var canIndex = true;
+				var canRecognize = true;
+				if (!Zotero.Fulltext.pdfConverterIsRegistered()) {
+					canIndex = false;
+				}
+				for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
+					if (canIndex && !Zotero.Fulltext.canReindex(items[i].id)) {
+						canIndex = false;
 					}
-					if (canIndex) {
-						show.push(m.reindexItem);
+					if (canRecognize && !Zotero_RecognizePDF.canRecognize(items[i])) {
+						canRecognize = false;
 					}
-					else {
-						hide.push(m.reindexItem);
-					}
-					if (canRecognize) {
-						show.push(m.recognizePDF);
-					}
-					else {
-						hide.push(m.recognizePDF);
-					}
-					if (canIndex || canRecognize) {
-						show.push(m.sep4);
-					}
-					else {
-						hide.push(m.sep4);
+					if(!canIndex && !canRecognize) {
+						break;
 					}
 				}
+				if (canIndex) {
+					show.push(m.reindexItem);
+				}
+				else {
+					hide.push(m.reindexItem);
+				}
+				if (canRecognize) {
+					show.push(m.recognizePDF);
+				}
+				else {
+					hide.push(m.recognizePDF);
+				}
+				if (canIndex || canRecognize) {
+					show.push(m.sep4);
+				}
+				else {
+					hide.push(m.sep4);
+				}
 			}
 			// Single item selected
 			else
@@ -1727,6 +1728,20 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 	}
 	
 	
+	this.openPreferences = function (paneID, action) {
+		var io = {
+			pane: paneID,
+			action: action
+		};
+		window.openDialog('chrome://zotero/content/preferences/preferences.xul',
+			'zotero-prefs',
+			'chrome,titlebar,toolbar,'
+				+ Zotero.Prefs.get('browser.preferences.instantApply', true) ? 'dialog=no' : 'modal',
+			io
+		);
+	}
+	
+	
 	/*
 	 * Loads a URL following the standard modifier key behavior
 	 *  (e.g. meta-click == new background tab, meta-shift-click == new front tab,
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
index 9829b6ace..e90f7b8bf 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
 					<menuitem oncommand="Zotero_File_Interface.bibliographyFromItems();"/>
 					<menuitem oncommand="Zotero_Report_Interface.loadItemReport()"/>
 					<menuseparator/>
-					<menuitem oncommand="ZoteroPane.reindexItem();"/>
 					<menuitem oncommand="Zotero_RecognizePDF.recognizeSelected();"/>
+					<menuitem oncommand="ZoteroPane.reindexItem();"/>
 				</popup>
 			</popupset>
 			
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 								<menuitem label="  Purge Orphaned Storage Files" oncommand="Zotero.Sync.Storage.purgeOrphanedStorageFiles(function(results) { Zotero.debug(results); })"/>
 								<menuseparator id="zotero-tb-actions-separator"/>
 								<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-prefs" label="&zotero.toolbar.preferences.label;"
-									oncommand="window.openDialog('chrome://zotero/content/preferences/preferences.xul', 'zotero-prefs', 'chrome,titlebar,toolbar,' + Zotero.Prefs.get('browser.preferences.instantApply', true) ? 'dialog=no' : 'modal')"/>
+									oncommand="ZoteroPane.openPreferences()"/>
 								<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-reportErrors" command="cmd_zotero_reportErrors" disabled="true"/>
 								<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-documentation" label="&zotero.toolbar.documentation.label;" oncommand="window.open('http://www.zotero.org/documentation/', '', 'menubar=yes,location=yes,toolbar=yes,personalbar=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');"/>
 								<menuitem id="zotero-tb-actions-about" label="&zotero.toolbar.about.label;" oncommand="window.openDialog('chrome://zotero/content/about.xul', 'about', 'chrome')"/>
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences.js b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences.js
index b5e1793ba..d3739195f 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var openURLServerField;
 var openURLVersionMenu;
 var proxies;
 var charsets;
+var _io;
 
 function init()
 {
@@ -45,6 +46,17 @@ function init()
 	charsetMenu.selectedItem =
 		charsetMap[Zotero.Prefs.get("import.charset")] ?
 			charsetMap[Zotero.Prefs.get("import.charset")] : charsetMap["auto"];
+	
+	_io = window.arguments[0];
+	
+	if (_io.pane) {
+		var pane = document.getElementById(_io.pane);
+		document.getElementById('zotero-prefs').showPane(pane);
+		// Quick hack to support install prompt from PDF recognize option
+		if (_io.action && _io.action == 'pdftools-install') {
+			checkPDFToolsDownloadVersion();
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js b/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
index f2c00533b..c4d73b0a6 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/recognizePDF.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var Zotero_RecognizePDF = new function() {
 	 * @returns {Boolean} True if the PDF can be recognized, false if it cannot be
 	 */
 	this.canRecognize = function(/**Zotero.Item*/ item) {
-		return (Zotero.Fulltext.pdfConverterIsRegistered() && item.attachmentMIMEType &&
+		return (item.attachmentMIMEType &&
 			item.attachmentMIMEType == "application/pdf" && !item.getSource());
 	}
 	
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ var Zotero_RecognizePDF = new function() {
 	 * of the new items
 	 */
 	this.recognizeSelected = function() {
+		if (!Zotero.Fulltext.pdfConverterIsRegistered()) {
+			var ps = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/embedcomp/prompt-service;1"]
+				.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPromptService);
+			var buttonFlags = (ps.BUTTON_POS_0) * (ps.BUTTON_TITLE_IS_STRING)
+				+ (ps.BUTTON_POS_1) * (ps.BUTTON_TITLE_CANCEL);
+			var index = ps.confirmEx(
+				null,
+				// TODO: localize
+				"PDF Tools Not Installed",
+				"To use this feature, you must first install the PDF tools in "
+					+ "the Zotero preferences.",
+				buttonFlags,
+				"Open Preferences",
+				null, null, null, {}
+			);
+			if (index == 0) {
+				ZoteroPane.openPreferences('zotero-prefpane-search', 'pdftools-install');
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+		
 		var items = ZoteroPane.getSelectedItems();
 		if (!items) return;
 		var itemRecognizer = new Zotero_RecognizePDF.ItemRecognizer();