Installing the Acrobat Reader
The Acrobat reader is available free of charge to anyone that
wishes to use it to view PDF (Portable Document Format) files.
The installation file can be copied from Adobe's
website .
Or you can find a copy for your operating system on a local TUCOWS mirror.
Make sure you download the right file for your operating system.
From here instructions for installation are for a Windows operating
system. For other operating systems, see Adobe's
website .
Your browser will ask you to save the file. You should retain the
existing name and put it in a directory on your C drive (hard
drive) e.g. c:\downloads. The download might take a while,
depending on the speed of your connection.
Once the download is complete, you have to install it. To do this
either:
- double click on the file from inside Windows Explorer or File
Manager, or
- use the Add/Remove Programs feature of
Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP (Start -->
Settings --> Control Panel or
Start --> Control Panel in
XP)
Once installed, delete the downloaded file in the temp directory
as this is no longer required and will just take up space on your
hard drive (although you could keep it as a backup).
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