How to get started with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Install Acrobat Reader on your system.
1. Download the acroread.exe file (Acrobat Reader) from the
CHIPS BBS or Tech Pubs Network to your system in the root
directory.
2. In Windows, go to File Manager and select the directory
where the acroread.exe file is located
3. Double click on acroread.exe.
4. Follow the installation instructions for Adobe Acrobat
Reader.
Working with Acrobat Reader
1. Double Click on the Acrobat Reader Icon in Windows. An
Open File box will be displayed.
2. Select the .PDF document file that you wish to access.
Reviewing the Document
ù You may scroll through the document using the up and down
arrows located on the right hand side of the screen.
ù To view the document using with bookmarks, in the main
menu go to View, and select Bookmarks and Page (Ctrl 7).
ù With the bookmarks, you may jump to different areas in
the document by clicking on the file folders next to the
subject that you are looking for.
ù Bookmarks with a triangle symbol contain subbookmarks.
You can view these by clicking on the triangle, then
clicking onto the folder.
Printing the Document
1. Go to File and select Print.
Troubleshooting Tips
CANON BJC 800 PRINTER - In order to properly print text,
graphics, and images to this printer be sure to check the
"Use Print Manager" option in the Printers control panel.
DOT-MATRIX PRINTERS - Printing to non-PostScript dot-matrix
printers with non-square pixels (eg. unequal resolutions
such as 240 x 144) is not supported.
MACH 32 VIDEO CARD FROM ATI - If you are using the MACH 32
ATI card, be sure to use the 256-color mode with the Color
Palette ON. In other words, do not use the 256- color mode
with the color palette off. For Acrobat, make sure the
Palette is ON.
NEC ULTRALITE VERSA LINEAR DRIVER - Rotated images may
display with artifacts when using the UltraLite Versa Linear
640x480 256 color video driver. Solution: Use the UltraLite
Versa 640x480 256 color driver.
OS/2 - Acrobat should run in the Windows 3.1 compatibility
mode of OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.1.1.
PAGE CACHING - Page caching is disabled for 16-bit and 24-
bit displays and the option is grayed out in the General
Preferences dialog.
PC TOOLS FOR WINDOWS 1.0 - No Adobe Acrobat 2.0 group is
created and no program items/icons are created. See INSTALL
problem above for description of workaround.
PRINTING FROM FILE MANAGER - Only one PDF file at a time can
be selected and printed from the File Manager.
ROTATING PAGES - Rotating pages results in the loss of
thumbnail images for those pages. You can regenerate the
thumbnails by choosing Edit/Thumbnails/Create All.
ROTATED/TRANSFORMED TRUETYPE FONTS - You may encounter some
problems with displaying or printing rotated or otherwise
transformed TrueType fonts. This is a limitation of TrueType
and Windows. For best results, we recommend you use Adobe
PostScript Type 1 fonts in your documents.
STANDARD MODE - Acrobat Exchange 2.0 does not work in
standard mode; you must be running Windows 3.1 in enhanced
mode.
SUMMARIZE NOTES PAGE SIZE - The page size used for the PDF
file created with the Tools/Summarize Notes command is
always Letter (8.5 x 11 inches) size. Changing the page size
from the File/Print Setup menu has no effect.
TRUE TYPE - TrueType fonts cannot be reencoded. Because of
this limitation, documents that were created using some
special characters in a Type 1 font may not display
correctly if a TrueType version of the font with the same
name is installed on your system. When this happens, the
error message "Some text in the font and character 'FONTNAME
###' could not be displayed or printed correctly. The font
could not be reencoded." is displayed. Since the Acrobat
installers do not replace TrueType versions of Times,
Helvetica, and Courier you may get this message with these
fonts. Solution: Use the Custom Install option to install a
Type 1 version of these fonts.
WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS - The Windows for Workgroups Netware
extensions (\windows\netx.com) have been known to cause
problems with Acrobat Exchange's Open dialog, as well as
other application's Open dialog. Solution: Contact
Microsoft.
HP LASERJET PRINTING - PCL Printing: The printer drivers
shipped with Microsoft Windows 3.1 for the HP LaserJet III,
IIID, IIIP, and IIISi printers may not work well with
Acrobat Exchange (and other applications for that matter).
Adobe recommends you use a PCL printer driver based on the
Universal Printer Driver V.3.1.2. Here are four ways to get
this driver:
1. COMPUSERVE. Type "GO MSL" to get to the Microsoft
Software Library forum. Download the file named
"HPPCL5.EXE". Place this file on an empty, formatted DOS
diskette then from DOS run the file to extract the driver
and installation instructions which are in the file named
printer.txt.
2. MICROSOFT'S BULLETIN BOARD. Microsoft's bulletin-board
download service can be reached at 206-936-6735. It supports
up to 9600 baud and you should set up your modem to use 8-
bit, 1 stop bit, and no parity. Once connected, there is a
menu-driven bulletin board. Download the file named
"HPPCL5.EXE" and follow the same directions as above.
3. MICROSOFT. If you don't have a modem, you may call
Microsoft directly at 206-637-7098 or 800-426-9400 and
obtain the LaserJet III printer drivers on a diskette.
4. HEWLETT PACKARD. Again, if you don't have a modem, you
may call Hewlett Packard directly at 303-353-7650 and obtain
the LaserJet III printer drivers on a diskette. You may also
use this number to obtain the latest printer drivers for the
HP LaserJet 4, DeskJet, and PaintJet families of printers.
If you experience problems printing to HP LaserJet printers
in the 600-dpi mode (the newer LaserJet 4 family of printers
have this capability) try switching back to 300-dpi mode or
if it is equipped with a PostScript option, use the
PostScript mode for 600-dpi printing. This 600-dpi PCL5
printing problem does not seem specific to Acrobat.
If outline-style text is printing incorrectly to a PCL
printer (outlines printing on top of black characters) make
the following change in the ATM Control Panel: check the
option to "Print ATM Fonts as Graphics."
To properly print certain special text effects (such as
shadow, zoomed text, or outlined text) to non-PostScript
printers it may be required to select the Print ATM Fonts as
Graphics option in the ATM Control Panel. Certain printer
drivers including the LaserJet PCL4 (Series II and higher),
PCL5 (LaserJet III and LaserJet 4 families) and the Lexmark
PPDS (4029 & 4029) always print black soft fonts on top of
images and non-black text strings.
Documents with various graphic images may not print
correctly to the LaserJet 4 in PCL mode at 600 dpi unless
the Graphics option in the Windows printer driver setup is
set to Raster mode. To increase printer performance of
documents formatted entirely in landscape orientation to non-
PostScript printers the printer driver must be set in
landscape orientation in the Windows printer setup.
Postscript Printing Adobe PSPrinter 2.1.1 Driver - You may
experience problems when printing from Acrobat Exchange 2.0
when using the Adobe PSPrinter 2.1.1 printer driver. The
problems occur in printing certain documents that use
TrueType fonts or extended characters, such as typographic
quote marks. A PSPrinter 2.1.2 update that fixes both of
these problems should be available early November 1994. The
PSPrinter 2.1.2 update upgrades an installed version of
PSPrinter 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 and will be available from the
following sources:
1. COMPUSERVE - Type "GO ADOBE" to get to the Adobe forum.
2. ADOBE BBS - A 24-hour-a-day bank of information. Dial +1-
408-562-6839. The update will be located in the Adobe
Acrobat Conference, Library Files section, Windows folder.
3. FTP - Adobe's ftp Server is at ftp.adobe.com.
4. WORLD WIDE WEB - Adobe's World Wide Web server is at
www.adobe.com.
5. PHONE - Call 800-521-1976 to have the PSPrinter 2.1.2
update disk sent to you directly. Shipping and handling
charges may apply.
Note: The update is not the complete, standalone PSPrinter
2.1.2 driver. It will only update a previously installed
version of PSPrinter 2.1.1.
Memory Issues - If you encounter problems, such as a
"VMerror," printing to PostScript(TM) Level 1 or 2 printers it
may be because the printer has little available memory (for
example, a non-upgraded LaserWriter, LaserWriter Plus,
LaserWriter II NT or NTX). There are two potential solutions
to this problem: 1/In the General Preferences dialog (select
from the Edit/Preferences menu) you may choose to use Serif
only or Sans only for font substitution. This frees up
additional memory in the printer and chances are your
document will print successfully. 2/The other option is to
purchase more memory for your printer.
Apple Personal LaserWriter NT - If you are using an Apple
Personal LaserWriter NT printer that has not been upgraded
to a Personal LaserWriter NTR, Acrobat Exchange won't be
able to print substitute fonts. Contact your Apple dealer
for information on upgrading your printer.
Adobe Technical Support Tel #'s: (800) 87-ADOBE or, (206)
628-2746
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.