| Adobe® Acrobat® Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms. Documents in PDF preserve the exact look and content of the originals, complete with fonts and graphics. It's becoming the industry standard way to distribute documents, especially longer documents that will likely be printed locally. You may already have it. If you're downloading a pdf document from a web browser try clicking on the link for the document. Adobe Acrobat Reader may load right within your browser's window and begin downloading the document automatically (Note - Since the files are usually multiple page documents they can take a few moments to download). If Acrobat Reader doesn't automatically load in your browser window you may be asked if you would like to open or save the file. Save the file to your disk. Then see if you have Acrobat Reader already installed on your computer. For Windows PC's, if Acrobat Reader is installed you can usually find it in your Programs menu (Start/Programs) in a folder called Adobe. If Acrobat reader is installed on your computer, start the application and open the file you saved (File/Open). If Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer you'll need to load the program. You can download Acrobat Reader for free over the Internet (Download Acrobat Reader). This can about 20 minutes to download using a 56k modem. Before downloading Acrobat Reader, take a look at some the software CD's you have. Many software companies are including Acrobat Reader on their CD's so that you can read their online documentation. If you have it on a CD you can quickly install it without having to download if first over the Internet. |