Acrobat Installation Tip Sheet

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Go to the Adobe Acrobat Reader Download page on the Web and register according to the instructions given. Once registered, choose the Reader version, platform version, and language version you need from the pop-up lists. Click on Download. You will go to a page with two download links. Click on the appropriate geographic link. If you can’t connect to the download, try the alternate site link listed at the bottom of the page under Helpful Links.

After you click on the download link, depending on your browser configuration, a dialog box may appear asking whether you’d like to open the file or save it to disk; select Save It to Disk. A dialog box will then ask you to choose a directory. You can choose any directory on your hard drive.

Windows 95
Once you have saved Acrobat on your hard drive, minimize your Web browser.

1. Quit your Web Browser.
2. Click on Start, then Run.
3. Browse to find the directory on your hard drive where you saved the AcroReader_ENU.exe file during download.
4. Select the AcroReader_ENU.exe file.
5. Click on Open, then OK.
6. Follow the Installer screen instructions.

When you have finished, do not close the installer application by clicking its close box in the upper right corner of the background window after clicking the Thank You dialog box that appears at the end of the installation. If you wait for a second or two, the installer will automatically close the background windows after the installation is complete.

Windows 2000, NT and Windows 98
Once you have saved the Acrobat file to your hard drive follow these instructions:

1. Quit your Web Browser.
2. From the Program Manager menu bar, click on File.
3. Select Run.
4. Browse to find the directory on your hard drive where you saved the AcroReader_ENU.exe file during download.
5. Select the file.
6. Click on Open, then OK to unpack Adobe Acrobat Reader.
7. Click on "Next" to install.
8. Follow the Installer screen instructions.

When you have finished, do not close the installer application by clicking its close box in the upper right corner of the background window after clicking the Thank You dialog box that appears at the end of the installation. If you wait for a second or two, the installer will automatically close the background windows after the installation is complete.

Macintosh
Once you have saved the Acrobat file to your hard drive follow these instructions:

1. Quit your Web browser.
2. The file you download will be expanded to the self-extracting archive “Install Acrobat Reader”. If your Web browser isn’t configured to automatically launch an application such as StuffIt Expander to expand .hqx or .bin files (which is available as a freeware product and is distributed with Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later ), you’ll need to manually launch an application to expand the downloaded file to produce Reader Installer.
3. Double-click the file “Install Acrobat Reader ”. (Note: This will cause all current Mac applications to quit.)
4. Follow the instructions on your screen.

You must also associate the Acrobat Reader in your Web Browser to recognize the PDF files.

Netscape
Open your Web browser.

• Click on Options, then General Preferences.
• Click on Helpers.
• Scroll the helper window and check to see if there is a listing for Acrobat or pdf. If so, highlight it by clicking once on the listing.
• If no listing appears, you must Create New Type. MIME type should be application. Sub-type should be Acrobat. Extensions should be .pdf
• Select the radio button called ’Ask User’. This selection allows you to choose to either launch Acrobat or save to disk when you click on an Acrobat file link.
• Select the Browse button and find the folder on your hard drive called Acrobat. Open it, and open the Reader folder inside. Find the .exe file called AcroReader_ENU.exe and click on it.
• Click on Open. This action completes the association of Acrobat Reader for your Web browser.
• Click OK to finish.

Microsoft Internet Explorer
To start a program when you open a particular type of file
On the View menu, click Options.
Click the Programs tab, and then click File Types.

• If you want to open a new type of file that Internet Explorer doesn’t yet recognize, click New Type.
• If you want to change the program that starts when you open a certain type of file, click the type, and then click Edit.
• Type a description for the file type, and then specify its content type and extension.
• To define a new action for this file type, click New. To modify an action for an existing file type, click the command that you want to modify, and then click Edit.
• Specify the action that you want to define, such as Open or Print, and the program that should complete this action.

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