Help Configuring the Acrobat Reader© for the Mac and Windows PC

Get Acrobat Reader If you have not done so already, click on the Acrobat Reader© logo below for step-by-step instructions on how to download this free software.

Configuring Acrobat Reader© for a Macintosh

System Requirements

Installation Instructions for Macintosh

Click on one of the Adobe Acrobat download links (such as ardr301e.bin) on the Acrobat download web page. You may need to use the "Save to Disk" function (use this function to place the install application where you want on the hard drive) or "Save Next Link As..." function (by clicking on the download link and holding down the mouse button) of your web browser to begin the download.

After the download is complete, quit your Web browser.

The file you download will be expanded to "Reader 3.01 Installer" file. Your Web browser may be configured to automatically expand this file; if not you'll need to manually launch an application (such as Stuffit Expander) to expand the downloaded file to produce the Reader 3.01 Installer file.

Double-click the file "Reader 3.01 Installer."

Follow the on-screen instructions.

Modify Netscape Navigator 3.0 for Mac to recognize PDF files

In order to view PDF files within the window of the Netscape web browser, the plug-in "PDFViewer" must be placed in the browser's "Plug-ins" folder. If Netscape Navigator is installed on the disk on which you're installing Acrobat Reader, the installer will place a copy of the "PDFViewer" plug-in in the "Plug-ins" folder of the first copy of Netscape Navigator it finds. Check to see if PDFViewer is in the Plug-ins folder, located in the Netscape program folder.

Begin by launching Netscape.

Select General Preferences from the Options menu. Choose Helpers from the tabs at the top of the General Preferences window.

Scroll down the list of helper application descriptions and find the Portable Document Format (PDF) description.

Next to the Portable Document Format description, make sure the Handled By column lists "PDF Viewer". This is the name of the Acrobat Reader plug-in.

If the PDF Viewer plug-in is not listed, check to make sure you have placed the PDF Viewer plug-in file in Netscape's "Plug-Ins" folder. Once the plug-in is in the proper folder, click on the Edit button.

In the Edit Type window, select the "Plug-In" radio button, and select "PDF Viewer" from the pull down menu.

Click on the OK button in the Edit Type window and the General Preferences window.

You are done. Now when you click on a link which is a PDF file, Netscape Navigator will download that file to your default temp folder and automatically launch your Acrobat Reader software to open and view the file.

Modify Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Macintosh to recognize PDF files

In order to view PDF files within the window of the Internet Explorer web browser, the plug-in "PDFViewer" must be placed in the browser's "Plug-ins" folder. Check to see if PDFViewer is in the Plug-ins folder, located in the Internet Explorer program folder. If it is not, find the PDFViewer Plug-In from your recently installed Acrobat Reader program folder. Then copy the PDFViewer file into Internet Explorer's Plug-In folder.

Begin by launching Internet Explorer.

Select Preferences from the Edit menu.

Click the File Helpers line under the Receiving Files item in the preferences window.

Check to make sure that If "PDF Files" appears in the scrolling list of helper applications. If it does NOT, click the Add button and manually enter PDF Files and the .pdf file extension. Otherwise, select the "PDF Files" line and click the Change button.

Check to see if PDFViewer is selected as the Plug-In within the Handling area.

If PDFViewer is NOT selected in the Handling area as the Plug-In: First, in the How to Handle line, select "View from Plug-In." Second, under Plug-In name, use the Browse button to select the PDFViewer from the Plug-In folder, located in the Internet Explorer program folder.

Click on the OK button in the Edit File Type window.

Click on the OK button in the Preferences window.

You are done. Now when you click on a link which is a PDF file, Microsoft Internet Explorer will download that file to your default temp folder and automatically launch your Acrobat Reader software to open and view the file.

Configuring Acrobat Reader© for a Windows-compatible PC

System Requirements

Installation Instructions for a Windows-compatible PC

Click on one of the Adobe Acrobat download links (such as ar32e301.exe) on the Acrobat download web page. You may need to use the "Save to Disk" function (use this function to place the install application where you want on the hard drive) or the "Save Next Link As..." function (by right-clicking with the mouse on the download link) of your web browser to begin the download.

After the download is complete, quit Netscape.

Double-click the install application you just downloaded (such as ar32e301.exe) to begin installation.

Follow the on-screen instructions of the installation program.

If you experience problems downloading or installing the Acrobat Reader, read the Acrobat Reader technical troubleshooting guide.

Modify Netscape Navigator 3.0 for Windows to recognize PDF files

After Acrobat Reader is installed, you will need to modify your set of Helper applications in Netscape Navigator. Begin by launching Netscape.

Select General Preferences from the Options menu. Choose Helpers from the tabs at the top of the General Preferences window.

Scroll down the list of helper application file types and find the Portable Document Format (PDF) file type. Make sure that pdf is listed as the extension associated with the pdf file type. If not, enter pdf into the File Extensions line for the Portable Document Format (PDF) file type.

Click on the Portable Document Format (PDF) file type.

Select the "Unknown: Prompt User" radio button from the Action choices.

Click on the OK button at the bottom of the Preferences dialog.

Restart Netscape Navigator.

You are done. Now when you click on a link which is a PDF file, Netscape Navigator will download that file to your default temp folder and automatically launch your Acrobat Reader software to open and view the file.

Modify Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows to recognize PDF files

After the Acrobat Reader software is installed, you will need to modify your set of Helper applications in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Start by launching Internet Explorer.

Select Options from the View menu. Click the Programs tab at the top, then the File Types button.

Make sure "Adobe Acrobat Document" appears in the scrolling list of helper applications.

If "Adobe Acrobat Document" does NOT appear in the scrolling list of helpers: First, click the New Type button. Second, type Adobe Acrobat Document into the Description of type field. Third, type application/pdf into the Content Type (MIME) field. Fourth, type pdf into the Default Extension for Content Type field. Lastly, if open appears in the list of Actions, select it and click on Edit otherwise click on New. Lastly, click on the Browse button and use the file browser to navigate until you find and select your copy of the Acrobat Reader application and click on the Select button. Click on the OK button in the action type dialog.

Click on the OK button in the File Type window.

Click on the OK button in the Options window.

You are done. Now when you click on a link which is a PDF file, Microsoft Internet Explorer will download that file to your default temp folder and automatically launch your Acrobat Reader software to open and view the file.

For configuration issues beyond the scope of this document, try the Adobe Customer Support Database.

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