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- Installation Notes
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- Installation Notes for:
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- Adobe Acrobat Reader v2.0r3 for Macintosh
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- Contents:
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- o What's New in Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 for Macintosh
- o Should I Use Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 or 2.0.1?
- o Before Installation
- o System Requirements
- o Installation Instructions
- o ATM and Fonts
- o How much memory to give Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3
- o Troubleshooting
- o List of Files Installed
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- What's New in Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 for Macintosh
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-
- Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 addresses installation issues related to
- different versions of Adobe Type Manager by updating any existing
- system-level ATM older than version 3.8.1. It includes changes to
- the installer only - there is no change to the application itself.
-
- Should I Use Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 or 2.0.1?
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-
- There are no feature differences between Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 and
- Acrobat Reader 2.0.1. You should choose to use the version
- appropriate to your system configuration. If you are
- redistributing the Reader, you should consider the system
- configurations of your intended audience.
-
- o If your system is a 68XXX-based Macintosh without QuickDraw GX,
- use Acrobat Reader 2.0r3. Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 has smaller disk
- and memory requirements, but supports fewer platform
- configurations.
-
- o If your system is a Power Macintosh or you have QuickDraw GX
- enabled, use Acrobat Reader 2.0.1. Acrobat Reader 2.0.1
- supports more systems, but has greater disk and memory
- requirements.
-
- Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 includes ATM LE. To enable Acrobat Reader
- 2.0r3 and ATM LE to fit on a single floppy, ATM LE does not
- include support for QuickDraw GX, Kanji, or 68000-based
- Macintoshes, and does not have native Power Macintosh code for
- improved performance on Power Macintoshes like the full version of
- ATM which is included with Acrobat Reader 2.0.1. The Acrobat
- Reader 2.0r3 application is not compatible with QuickDraw GX.
-
- Acrobat Reader 2.0.1 supports QuickDraw GX and includes full
- ATM(TM) 3.8.2.
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- Before Installation
- ====================
-
- The installation process is controlled by the Acrobat Installer
- application. This installation will create a folder named "Adobe
- Acrobat 2.0" at the root level on the selected hard disk and
- install the new "Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3" application and support
- files.
-
- The Installer will quit any running applications (after prompting
- you first).
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- System Requirements
- ====================
-
- o Macintosh computer with 68020 (Macintosh II series) or greater
- processor
- o MacOS 7.0 or greater
- o 2 MB application RAM
- o 4 MB hard disk space
- o FDHD floppy disk drive or CD-ROM player if installing from
- physical media
- o Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 is not compatible with QuickDraw GX
- o Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 does not support Kanji or 68000-based
- Macintoshes
-
- Installation instructions
- ==========================
-
- To Install Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3:
-
- o Double-click on the "AcroRead.mac" icon and then follow the
- instructions.
- o See "How Does The Installer Handle Adobe Type Manager (ATM) and
- Fonts?" below for information on ATM and font issues.
- o See "How much memory to give Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3?" for
- information on optimizing performance.
- o See the "List of files installed" below for a complete listing
- of the files installed.
-
- How Does The Installer Handle Adobe Type Manager (ATM) and Fonts?
- ================================================================
-
- If ATM or SuperATM 3.8 or earlier is installed in the
- System/Control Panels folder on your computer, the Acrobat Reader
- 2.0r3 installer will update it with ATM LE (a special version
- 3.8.1). It will not update ATM GX (ATM 3.7), ATM 3.5.1J, or ATM
- 3.8 on Power Macintosh, Kanji, or active QuickDraw GX systems --
- see next item.
-
- Please note that to enable Acrobat Reader 2.0 and ATM LE to fit on
- a single floppy, ATM LE does not include support for QuickDraw GX,
- Kanji, or 68000-based Macintoshes, and does not have native Power
- Macintosh code for improved performance on Power Macintoshes like
- the full version of ATM (which is included with Acrobat Reader
- 2.0.1). You may download Acrobat Reader 2.0.1 without charge from
- most online services, or call 800-83-FONTS (800-833-6687) for
- information on an upgrade to ATM 3.8.2 or Acrobat Exchange 2.0.
-
- If you do not have a version of ATM installed in System/Control
- Panels folder on your computer, the Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 installer
- places a copy of ATM LE in the Adobe Acrobat 2.0 / Fonts folder.
- This private copy of ATM is recognized and used only by Acrobat
- Reader 2.0r3 and uses memory only when Acrobat Reader is running.
-
- If TrueType versions of Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, or Zapf
- Dingbats are installed on your system, they are not replaced nor
- moved. If you are using Type 1 versions of these fonts, updated
- versions of the Type 1 fonts Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol,
- and Zapf Dingbats will be installed in the appropriate location
- for your version of System 7.
-
- Acrobat Reader 2.0 is not compatible with QuickDraw GX. You will
- need to disable the ATM GX control panel and the QuickDraw GX
- extension. You can use Extensions Manager from the Control Panel
- to do this, or remove these files from their locations. See the
- Troubleshooting section belowfor more information on QuickDraw GX
- issues.
-
- How much memory to give Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3?
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- Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3, as it is pre-configured, is set to
- require at least 2048K bytes of memory and to prefer 2700K bytes.
- To change this, quit the Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3 application if
- it is running and select its icon using the Finder. Then select
- "Get Info" from the File menu. In the Memory Requirements section
- of the dialog, the "factory" default for Minimum size is set to
- 2048K and should not be changed. The Preferred memory size is
- 2700K and may be adjusted as described below.
-
- If you are using ATM LE in the Adobe Acrobat 2.0 / Fonts folder,
- ATM LE allocates approximately 576K of RAM from Multi-Finder
- memory when it is initialized by Acrobat Reader. If Virtual memory
- is on, ATM LE cannot use Multi-Finder memory, so an additional
- 576K memory must be allocated to Acrobat Reader.
-
- Like any Macintosh program, increasing the memory size will
- benefit performance and increase the number and size of documents
- you may have open at once. Setting the "Preferred size" to 4000 (K
- bytes) should be sufficient for all but the most complex
- documents.
-
- Troubleshooting
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-
- If you experience problems, consider the following:
-
- o If you downloaded the Reader from an online service or internet
- site, check that the file transferred properly. Adobe's World
- Wide Web site at http://www.adobe.com/ will list the correct
- size of the binhexed version of the Macintosh 2.0r3 Reader.
- Corrupted archives have been reported to issue a message
- "requires 68020 or greater processor to run" on Macintosh IIx
- systems.
- o If you have previously installed QuickDraw GX and then
- deinstalled or deactivated it, you may need to reinstall Type 1
- fonts.
- o The correct process for restoring your original Type 1 font
- configuration may depend on which version of the GX Enabler you
- received.
- o The QuickDraw GX installer shipped with System 7.5 places
- Type 1 fonts in a folder called * Archived Type 1 fonts *.
- Deinstalling QuickDraw GX does not reinstall these fonts in
- the Fonts folder.
- o Subsequent versions may treat outline fonts differently.
- o See the QuickDraw GX Read Me for more details on QuickDraw GX
- operation and compatibility.
- o Font Not Found - A font not found error may indicate that ATM
- did not have enough memory to create a substitute font.
- Increase the size of the ATM Font Cache from the ATM Control
- Panel.
- o For best printing results, we recommend you use PSPrinter 8.2.1
- (or later) driver from Adobe. PSPrinter 8.2.1 is not included
- with Acrobat Reader. Contact Adobe at 1-800-521-1976 for
- information on purchasing printer drivers.
- o If you are using the private copy of ATM in the Adobe Acrobat
- 2.0 Fonts folder (i.e. you do not have ATM installed in your
- System's Control Panels folder) background printing is disabled
- in the PSPrinter driver.
- o If you are printing to a PostScript Level 2 device using the
- Adobe PSPrinter 8.X or Apple LaserWriter 8 printer drivers, you
- need to update the Printer Info after selecting the printer
- from the Chooser in order for the printer driver to recognize
- the printer supports PostScript Level 2. If this is not done,
- Acrobat Reader will not send PostScript Level 2 information to
- the printer. During setup, make sure to select the specific
- PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file for your particular
- printer, do not select the "Generic" PPD if at all possible.
- o Please note that the Acrobat Reader 2.0r3 does not support
- Kanji or 68000-based Macintoshes.
- o Current product information for Acrobat is located on Adobe's
- World Wide Web Site at http://www.adobe.com/
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- List of files installed
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-
- The following files are installed by the Acrobat Reader 2.0r3
- Installer:
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- Adobe Acrobat 2.0 [folder]
- Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.0r3
- ReadMe-Reader
- Fonts [folder]
- ~ATM(TM) (Only if ATM was not previously installed in the System.)
- Help [folder]
- Help-Reader.pdf
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- System Folder [folder]
- ATM Font Database
- Control Panels [folder]
- ~ATM(TM) (If ATM was previously installed)
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