Adobe Acrobat Help

The Adobe Acrobat Reader is a program which reads documents in the Adobe PDF format (Portable Data Format). This is a format which allows readers to view documents which have been formatted with various programs and which may contain illustrations and a wide selection of fonts. If you use the Acrobat Reader, you do not have to have viewers specific to different graphics formats, and you do not need to have the fonts in the document installed on your system. The PDF format is very popular for transmission of documents on the Internet.

To install the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you must download the version for your computer (Windows or Macintosh) and install it. Download the installation file by clicking on the appropriate link, and save it in a directory where you can locate it after downloading. Begin the installation by double-clicking on the file or its icon, and follow the installation instructions. In the future, when you access a PDF file, such as the articles in the News, Technology, and Library section of this site, the Acrobat Reader will be activated automatically and you will be able to see the document without leaving your browser. You can also save the document as a file on your hard disk to view later.

For more help or information with the Adobe Acrobat Reader visit http://www.adobe.com/