Download and Install Adobe Acrobat Reader

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BROWSER ISSUES AND REQUIREMENTS
The Browser Issues page describes the minimum requirements when using this web site, and attempts to identify some of the known issues regarding the use of browsers on the OIADA web site.

Links followed by a PDF Document

icon identify documents that cannot be opened without a program (Adobe Acrobat Reader) to be installed on your computer. This program will allow you to view, navigate, and print documents from your computer. The program is free and can be downloaded using the links below. Once the program has been downloaded and installed on your machine, you will not have to repeat the procedure the next time you visit our site. See the "Installation Instructions" below:

Download From Adobe's Acrobat Reader Web Page External Link

People With Visual Disabilities

PDF Reader
If you have a visual disability, Adobe offers a reader program that helps you view PDF files. Go to their site at http://access.adobe.com/ External Link

for more information.

PDF Conversion to HTML
If your reader is having problems reading a PDF file, you may want to try the PDF conversion from the Adobe web site at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html External Link

. Note: Before you go to their web site, copy the URL of the PDF you are trying to view. After you get to the adobe site, paste the URL into field and Adobe will convert it for you for free.

Additional Details
For those users that do NOT like the way 3.02 integrated itself as a helper app with IE4 and 5, there is a setting in Acrobat Reader 4 to control that. After installing Reader 4, launch it and go to File -> Preferences -> General. In the Options block there is a check box labeled "Web Browser Integration". If that is not checked, then when a .pdf doc is selected, a dialog box will display asking whether you wish to open the file or save it. If the box is checked, then the .pdf doc will open within an IE window (or Netscape if that is what is being used).

One note on the installation. It appears Adobe has made their 4.05 program self-installing, which is a good thing, but it also appears that it does not un-install previous versions. (Good News / Bad News). You "should" un-install previous versions of Acrobat before installing the version 4.05, though not required.

Acrobat Reader - Support External Link

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