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    PRODUCT:  Acrobat Reader

    VERSION:  3.x

   PLATFORM:  OS/2

RELEASED ON:  01/07/97



TITLE

Acrobat Reader 3.0 Beta 2 for OS/2



ADOBE BBS (206-623-6984) LOCATION

File Library, adobe, acrobatreader, os2, 3.x, os2rd3b2.exe

(3902K)



ADOBE FTP LOCATION

ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/os2/3.x/os2rd3b2.exe

(3902K)



DESCRIPTION

Adobe Acrobat software gives you instant access to documents in 

their original form, independent of computer platform. With the 

Acrobat Reader, you can view, navigate, print, and present any 

Portable Document Format (PDF) file. This version of Acrobat Read

er runs on OS/2 3.0 or OS/2 4.0.



SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum:

*  i386, i486, Pentium, or Pentium Pro processor-based personal 

computer

*  IBM OS/2 Warp or Warp Connect 3.0 or later (Fixpak 26 

required for printing using OS/2 Warp 3.0 or Warp Connect 3.0)

*  4 MB application RAM available to Acrobat Reader

*  8 MB RAM for system

*  5 MB hard disk space, plus 5 MB temporary space available 

during installation

*  For viewing PDF files inside a Web browser, Netscape 

Navigator 2.02E or later.



Recommended:

*  Pentium processor-based personal computer

*  IBM OS/2 Warp 4.0



HANDLING NOTES

To decompress a ".exe" file in OS/2, double-click on the ".exe" 

file or execute it from the command line by typing the filename.



INSTALLATION NOTES

To install Acrobat, it is no longer necessary to create a 

temporary directory, since Acrobat now cleans up after itself. 

All you need to do is execute OS2RD3B2.EXE. Depending on how you 

downloaded this file, it could be anywhere on your hard 

drive(s). One common location where IBM(R) WebExplorer leaves 

downloaded files is C:\TCPIP\BIN. In this instance, you would 

type:



C:\TCPIP\BIN\OS2RD3B2.EXE



This will start the installation program. When the first dialog 

box comes up, read the screen carefully, and then click the 

Continue button. The next screen will come up and ask you if you 

wish to install this product. Click the OK button.



Next, the Adobe End-User License Agreement page comes up. Read 

the entire document and then click on Accept if you agree to the 

license, or Do Not Accept to abort installation.



Once you accept the Agreement, the Install - directories dialog 

box will come up. You must make sure that the Installation 

directory has enough disk drive space to hold the program. The 

default directory is C:\ACROBAT3\READOS2. If you would like to 

change the location for Acrobat, do so now by editing the 

displayed text. Once you have chosen a directory, click the Disk 

space button. If the "Bytes available" on the drive for the 

directory you chose exceeds the "Bytes needed" number, click the 

OK button; otherwise, select another drive, then click the OK 

button. This will automatically change your installation 

directory to an equivalent directory on that drive letter.



Once you have done this, you may click the Install button. When 

the progress bar completes, you should see a screen that says 

"The requested components of Acrobat Reader for OS/2 are 

successfully installed." When you click OK, the Installer should 

exit. Your installation is complete.



Once you have installed the Reader on your machine, you may 

delete the self-extracting archive program (OS2RD3B2.EXE), or 

you may choose to move it to a network drive for installations 

for additional users.  To distribute it on floppies, use the 

OS/2 BACKUP and RESTORE commands (or some equivalent utility) 

since the archive file is larger than what one floppy will hold. 



You'll now have an Adobe Acrobat folder on your desktop. 

Double-click that folder, then double-click the Acrobat Reader 

program to start Acrobat. If you had trouble installing, check 

the INST_L1.LOG file in the c:\os2\install directory.



ADDITIONAL NOTES

You can't execute the installer from a path that has spaces in 

it. This is a problem with the IBM installer. 



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KEYWORDS

os2, OS2RD3B1.EXE