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Downloading and Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader

  1. Go to Adobe's Acrobat Reader Download page.      Get Acrobat

  2. Click the "download" button to begin the download. Select the "save as" option and save the file to your local drive in a location where you will be able to find it.

    Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0+ is an 27.7Mb file, which could take up to 1 hour to download at 56k.

  3. Once you have downloaded the file, double click it to run the file and follow the minimal setup process.

  4. PDF documents can now be opened by double clicking on them, or by clicking on any pdf link on a web page.