Acrobat Reader Installation Guide

Updated: September 29, 1995

When you click "click here" at the bottom of this page, Netscape will bring you to Adobe company's site which has a free copy of the Acrobat Reader available for you to download. Once you finish downloading the file, Netscape will not bring you back to this page which contains installation and configuration procedures. Therefore, we recommend that you print this page and follow the directions for downloading and installing Acrobat Reader.

Downloading Acrobat Reader

Please read this section carefully before you download and install the Acrobat Reader. Once you click on "click here" colored text at the bottom of this page, Netscape will bring you to Adobe Corporation's web site.

1. Adobe's page contains information about downloading Acrobat Reader for Macintosh, Windows, and DOS.
2. Scroll down to the appropriate section to download the version you need.
3. Once you click on the colored text to download the file, Netscape will ask you if you wish to "Save to Disk", "Cancel Transfer", or "Configure a Viewer". Select "Save to Disk" to save the compressed executable file to the hard disk or a floppy disk.
4. You will then be prompted to specify the drive and directory you want the file to be saved to. Select the Data directory on C drive and click "OK".
5. Depending on the type of machine you have, the time it takes to download the file varies. The information bar at the bottom will tell you how far you are in the download process.
6. When the process is finished, exit Netscape. You are now ready to install Acrobat Reader.

Installing Acrobat Reader

Before you install Acrobat Reader, please close all active applications. At the end of the installation process, Acrobat Reader will restart Windows. If you have active applications, you may lose your work.

1. Go to Windows, if you are not already there.
2. Under Program Manager, select File, Run from the main menu.
3. Select Browse and go to the directory where you saved the Acrobat Reader file you just downloaded.
4. Click on it to highlight the file and click on "OK" to exit the Browse window.
5. Click on "OK" to exit the Run window.
6. Follow the instructions on your screen.
7. Installation requires approximately 2 MB of free hard disk space.

Configuring Netscape to Read PDF Files

After you have installed the reader onto your computer, you are ready to view PDF files. However, you need to configure Netscape so that it will open the reader automatically when a PDF file is selected.

• In Netscape, go to Options, Preferences. Click on the down arrow at the end of "Set Preferences On" box to bring up a list of selections. Select "Helper Applications".
• Click on the New Type button to bring up the Configure New Mime Type dialog box. In the "Mime Type" box, type in application. In the "Mime Subtype" box, type in pdf. When you are done, click OK.
• In the Extension box, type in pdf.
• In the Action box, select Launch Application. In the box, type in c:\acroread\acroread.exe or provide the correct path where the Acrobat Reader locates on your computer. When you are ready, click "OK".

You can download a free copy of Acrobat Reader.

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