INSTALL ACROBAT PDF READER FOR WINDOWS

ABOUT ACROBAT PDF READER

Can you imagine having to own all the various types of word processing software in order to open and read text documents and research papers created by your colleagues in their favorite software, but perhaps not yours??? Fortunately, Adobe has created a READER which will open any text document which has been saved in their Portable Document Format, often referred to as a PDF file. All papers submitted by the presenters at the Great Basin Visual Science Symposium have been converted into the PDF format for your download and display.

The Acrobat Reader is available for both the Macintosh and Windows-based computer platforms. The latest version of the Acrobat Reader is available as a free download.

Regardless of which version you may already have installed on your computer, we strongly recommend that you download and install the latest version of Acrobat Reader. No harm will be done if you are installing on top of a current version.

INSTALLATION CHOICES FOR ACROBAT PDF READER:

You have several choices in getting and installing the Acrobat PDF Reader for your computer (see the chart below).

• GET IT FROM THE INTERNET (WWW): Install Acrobat PDF Reader and its web browser plug-in from the download web site at Adobe, Inc.
• STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: We give you step-by-step instructions that explain how to install and configure the Acrobat PDF Reader from Adobe's Internet site.
  
• TEST PLUGIN: To make sure your PDF Reader plugin works, we've given you a small test document to open.

ACROBAT PDF READER & WEB BROWSER PLUG-IN
COMPUTER PLATFORM	GET IT NOW!		STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS		TEST YOUR PLUGIN
WINDOWS Acrobat PDF Reader & Plug-in

ADOBE ACROBAT PDF READER FOR WINDOWS
STEP-BY-STEP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

(You may want to print these instructions for reference before continuing.)

ADOBE ACROBAT READER for PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT FILES (PDF)

The following instructions will show you how to:

• DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION Instructions for downloading the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader and Web Browser Plugin
• PRINT PDFs FROM WEB BROWSER Instructions for preferred printing method from a PDF document viewed from within your Web Browser
• TEST PLUGIN See if your newly installed plugin actually works!

DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF ACROBAT READER

With your browser, go to the web address (URL) http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.

• Look for the link labeled DOWNLOAD NOW and click it.
• Avoid any enticements to purchase the full blown Acrobat pdf writing software. You only need the free Acrobat Reader.
• Look for the link labeled GET ACROBAT READER, FREE!

  

• When you finally get to the actual download page (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html), enter your vital statistics and your Operating System version. After entering your data and making your selections, click on the DOWNLOAD button.

  

• Follow the on-screen instructions. The various components which make up Acrobat Reader will be downloaded. Wherever you have specified that your downloadable files from web sites are to be kept, find the Acrobat Reader Installer or the Executable (.exe) file and run it.
• Once the installation program is running, respond to any questions or options it gives you. All components of the Acrobat Reader and the latest PLUG-IN for your web browser should automatically be installed, requiring no further action on your part.

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HOW TO PRINT A PDF DOCUMENT BEING VIEWED FROM WITHIN YOUR WEB BROWSER

Once you are viewing a PDF document from within your Windows Web browser window, you may want to print it. Notice that there is a set of function buttons for the PDFViewer below all the buttons and functions normally associated with your web browser.

If you wish to print the PDF document, DO NOT USE the print button or print functions of your web browser (crossed out in the image above).

Instead use the PRINT button just to the right of the Adobe logo along the line of PDF Viewer functions (circled in red).

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