To Download and Install the
 Adobe Acrobat Reader

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All campus computers should have Reader installed. If yours does not, either call the Help Desk or follow these instructions.
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  1. Clicking on the "Get Acrobat Reader" Download the free Acrobat Reader button will land you on the following page:
    http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
    At the bottom, click on "Get Acrobat Reader - free!"
  2. Here, you will select your operating system, answer a one-item poll and fill in your e-mail address.
  3. You then click the "download" button. This automatically connects you with the Adobe ftp site, a file server where their files are stored.
  4. A dialog box appears on your screen with the title: "Save As"
    Important: You must choose (or create) a destination folder in which the installer files will be placed - in a location that you will remember (write it down, along with the installer file name, because you will need to return).
    Tip: Often, the location that appears in the "Save As" box is your most recently accessed folder, and in many cases, not the ideal folder to use. When downloading files, it is good practice to make a folder on your desktop or hard drive named something like "Downloads." After the installation is successful, you can generally delete the downloaded installation file from that folder. This keeps it clean for your next download and saves disk space.
  5. Click "Save. The file should begin downloading to your chosen folder immediately. It is around 8 MB in size, so have patience. When it is finished, the "saving location" progression chart vanishes and then ... nothing happens!
  6. So, at this point:

    You must navigate to the installer file in the destination folder that you chose. Find the file by name (e.g., "Ar50eng.exe," "Ardr30e.sit.hqx"). If you are unable to locate the Acrobat Reader installer after you download it, do the following:

    • On Mac OS, choose File > Find in the Finder, type the filename, then click Find.
    • In Windows 95, choose Start > Find > Files or Folders, type the filename in the Named text box, then click Find Now.
    • In the Windows 3.1x File Manager, choose File > Search, type the filename in the Search For text box and "c:\" in the Start From text box, then click OK.
  7. Double-click the newly downloaded file.
  8. Follow the instructions on your screen.

It is a good idea to keep your Internet Explorer browser upgraded to the latest free version. The newer versions provide better support for many of the popular formats like PDF. You may want to do this before you download Acrobat Reader, which will then install itself as a 'browser plug-in' in your current browser. Clicking on this icon will send you to the page for downloading the latest version of Internet Explorer.

 

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The most frequent complaints we hear about using PDF files are from users who are not yet familiar with the processes involved in downloading and installing software. We hope this brief guide will help get you on your way to taking advantage of this highly useful format. Once you have successfully installed the Acrobat Reader on your computer you can use it to view PDF content on over 1,000,000 sites.

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