Directions for downloading Acrobat Reader

Acrobat Reader is a free program that you can download and install on your computer. If you are connected to the internet through a 56k modem, it will take several hours to download. So plan accordingly. After you have read and printed out these directions, click on the download now button below. You will be taken to the screen to the right. Click on the Acrobat Reader icon in the lower right part of the window.

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Here is what you will see on the screen



You will be taken to a second page. Cursor down to the bottom of the page to where you see the image on the right. You only need to fill in your platform. If you are not sure and using a PC, right click on the my computer icon on the desktop and click on the word properties at the bottom of the selection list. The version of Windows that you are using will appear.

Enter the platform and click on download in step 3. Step 2 is optional.

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A dialog box, like the one on the right will appear. Click on the word save and select a location for where the file is to be download. Remember, while the download takes a long time, you will only download and install once. Then a world of pdf formatted documents will be available to you online.

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Downloading will begin and an estimate of the time it will take will be shown. While you are waitng, write down the path to the location of the download. If you are using a PC, from my example to the right, you would write:

C:\downloads\Acrobat\ar505enu.exe

Remember, write down what you see in your window when downloading

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After the download is complete, follow the path that you wrote down. For my example above I would first click on my C: Drive. I would then click on the folder called downloads. Then I would click on the folder called Acrobat. Finally I would see the file as shown on the right. Double click on the ball in the box icon and the computer will automatically unpack and install the program.


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Return to the web and work your way back to the previous page as shown to the right. Now click on pdf format and the file will open on your screen.

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