If you do not already have Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange software installed on your Macintosh, you should first download and install the Free Acrobat Reader software for Macintosh, then come back here. You may need Stuffit Expander, or Stuffit Lite on your Machine. You may down load these from the Mac Cluster. For IBM see a consultant for instructions.
After Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange software is installed, you will need to modify your set of Helper applications in Netscape.
The notes here are current as of Netscape version 0.9b. You can refer to the official Netscape documentation for more information.
Select Preferences... from the Options menu in Netscape. Choose Helper Applications from the pulldown at the top of the Preferences dialog. Click on the New... button.
Enter application in the Mime type field & enter pdf in the Mime subtype field. Click on the OK button.
Click on the Browse... button, and use the file browser to navigate until you find and select your copy of the Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange application and click on the Open button.
Type pdf in the Extensions field. Use the File type pop up to select "PDF". Then click on the Launch Application radio button.
Click on the OK button in the Preferences dialog. Select Save Options under the Options menu.
You are done. Now when you click on a link which is a PDF file, Netscape will download that file to your default temp folder and automatically launch your Acrobat Reader software to open and view the file.
Requires 386, 486, or Pentium(R) based processor, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or greater, 4MB RAM or greater. (Note: Acrobat Reader 2.0 does not work with Windows NT.) To install: download the file above to disk, run acroread.exe and follow the installation instructions that appear on the screen. The installation procedure will ask you to read and accept the Electronic End User License Agreement.
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