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.
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.
Macintosh
Modify Netscape for Macintosh to recognize PDF files
After Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange software
is installed, you will need to
modify your set of Helper applications in Netscape.
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Acrobat Reader 2.0 for Windows(TM)
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.
Acrobat Reader 1.0 for DOS
DOWNLOAD Acrobat Reader for DOS!
(exactly 2608461 bytes) To install: Download
and run dosread.exe. This will unpack into the current directory.
Run the program install.exe, this will show you
(and ask you to read & accept)
the on-line, "electronic shrink wrap" license agreement,
and allow you to configure and install Acrobat Reader 1.0 for DOS.
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