Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader
What are Adobe Acrobat Reader and PDF?
The Adobe Acrobat Reader lets you view and print documents that have been
created in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF has several advantages
over other formats in maintaining documents. Chief among those advantages are
the abilities to exactly reproduce a document's content and style on a
wide variety of displays and printers. Additional advantages of the PDF format
include the ability to zoom in (magnify) and zoom out (shrink) the displayed
page.
How Do I Get Adobe Acrobat Reader?
In order to view and print PDF files, it is first necessary to obtain Adobe
Acrobat Reader and install it on your PC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and
needs to be installed just once on your PC. Once installed, you will be able
to view and print any PDF document you encounter in the future.
Step 1: Get the Free Version of Adobe Acrobat Reader
Your free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe
web site via the Internet. CLICK "Get Acrobat Reader" button below. A new
window will open.
You will be taken to the Adobe web site and presented with the choice to
download one of several different versions of Acrobat. Choose the free
version and follow the instructions to download it onto your PC.
As part of the download process, you will be asked to specify a folder
into which to place the downloaded file. Since the downloaded file is only used
for the installation and then discarded, a good choice for the download
folder would be a temporary one, like C:\TEMP, on your PC.
Since you will later execute the downloaded file, be sure to remember the
name of the downloaded file, generally something like ar405eng.exe, and the
name of the folder into which you saved it. You will need this information
during the actual installation process. The name of the file and folder will
be displayed in the dialog box just before the file is saved to your local
disk.
The time needed to download the installation file to your PC will vary
depending upon the speed of your connection to the Internet. Dial-up
connections can take 15-20 minutes. High-speed (DSL or Cable Modem)
connections can finish in a minute or two. Once the downloaded installation
file is saved on your local disk, you need to perform the actual installation.
Step 2: Install Adobe Acrobat Reader
To install Adobe Acrobat Reader, first exit all running programs on your
PC, including your web browser. No programs should appear in your taskbar.
Using Windows Explorer, open the folder where you downloaded Adobe
Acrobat Reader and double-click on the file or program icon associated with
the file. The installation program will now run and install Adobe Acrobat
Reader on your PC.
Step 3: Open and View the PDF File
Open your web browser and return to the Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society
web site. Click on the PDF document that you want to read. The document should
fill the browser window. To view other PDF documents on your PC, you now only
need to click on them.
A Final Word...
When you are ready to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader, close this
window by clicking on the words below, then click on the "Get Acrobat Reader"
button on the FGMS page.
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