Tips for Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader

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What is Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™?

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ is a FREE software product that allows you to view and print forms and documents that were created using Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format). These files can be passed easily over the Internet, and printed on a variety of printers as they were meant to be seen. It works on most major platforms like Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux, UNIX, and more. Once you have installed Arobat Reader on your computer you will be able to use it to read and print a wide variety of forms, and papers available all over the Internet.

Installing Acrobat Reader?

When you click the link to install Acrobat Reader you are taken to Adobe.com to their download page. There you can select the most current version of Reader for your computer.

Here are the basic steps...

You should see 3 boxes labeled Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3. Just follow the instructions in each box.

Step 1 On this step you just need to select your platform.

Step 2 Enter your name and then email address. Uncheck the boxes if you don't wish to get any marketing emails.

Step 3 Click to begin the download.

After a brief time you should see a box pop up with 2 options...

Run this program from current location.

This option is best used by those individuals that are not as experienced with computers. It will download and install automatically. This option takes slightly longer.

Save this program to disk.

This option is nice for experienced computer users. It lets you download the file to the directory of your choice and install it at your conveinience.

Note: If you have other programs that handle downloads, (like Real Players - Real Download). They make the actual download process react differently. You must know where these programs store their files. Usually that will be on the C: drive under "My Download Files". You must then go to that directory, and launch the Adobe Acrobat Reader download in order to install Acrobat Reader.

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