Make sure Adobe Acrobat Reader
version
5.0 or higher is installed on your computer.
An older version, such as 3.0 or 4.0 will either not work at
all or not work as well. Click on Start
> Programs and look for it in the list of programs. If it is not
installed you can download it by clicking on this:
(This is a 20 megabyte download and will take about one hour on a dial-up connection.)
Or you could check the installation CD of any printer, scanner or digital camera or (non-Microsoft) software you have. Many of these CD's have a folder called something like "AcroRead", "Adobe" or "Acrobat" that contain the same files as the download. Double click the file in this folder to install it.
After confirming you have Acrobat on your computer, if you still cannot open the file in your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, etc.), try downloading the file to your computer and opening it in Acrobat. This often works on older computers or those with limited memory. Here's how:
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RIGHT click on the link to the document and select "Save Target as" or "Save Link As". This allows you to save the document to your computer. You will be asked where to save it.
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Select your Desktop. After the file has finished downloading, locate the saved file and double click it. This should open it directly in Acrobat.
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If Windows asks you what program to use to open the PDF document, you do not have Acrobat Reader installed.