Troubleshooting Adobe Acrobat (pdf) Problems

  updated Mar 3, 2006
 

To view the Adobe Acrobat pdf files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.  Adobe Acrobat is used in order to preserve the exact formatting of the original document.

If you do not have Acrobat installed on your computer, you will probably receive some sort of error message when you try to view one of the pdf files.

The Acrobat Reader program is free, and it typically takes about 25 minutes to download the new Acrobat software at a modem speed of 56 kbps. Adobe is a major software company, and their software is highly reliable and very easy to use.

Acrobat has some great features. You can zoom in on text and you can copy text to other programs. You can easily print any, or all, of the pages. And with some files, such as my poetry,  you can click on any entry in the table of contents and Acrobat will take you directly to that page.

Adobe Acrobat Reader operates as a plug-in for your web browser, which means that you don't have to take any action to start Acrobat, it is automatically started by your web browser and the document is displayed right in your web browser, just like any other web document. It is very easy to use and very reliable, so don't be afraid to download it. Acrobat Reader runs on both PC and Mac.

To get (or upgrade) your free Acrobat Reader, just click on the "Get Acrobat Reader" icon below: