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- Adobe Acrobat Information
- This Read Me file contains installation instructions and product
- information for and from the Acrobat Reader program. The On-line
- Guides (Acrobat Reader Help) also provide essential information to
- help you begin using Acrobat Reader 2.1. Adobe Reader can be
- downloaded directly from Internet http://www.adobe.com/Software/Acrobat/.
-
-
- INSTALLING ACROBAT READER
-
- WINDOWS:
- To install Acrobat Reader 2.1 on your hard drive: from the Windows
- Program Manager choose Run from the File menu. Type
- [drive]:\ACROBAT\acroinst.EXE, where [drive] is your CD-ROM drive
- Follow the instructions on your screen.
- If you are using a network-based copy of Windows, see the
- instructions below.
-
- DOS:
- INSTALL.EXE is a self-extracting archive. To install Acrobat
- Reader 1.0 on your hard drive, extract the files
- from the archive by typing Install.exe then press <Enter>. The
- archive self-extracts into C:\ACROREAD. Follow the instructions
- on your screen.
-
- MACINTOSH:
- To install Acrobat Reader 2.0 on your hard drive, double click on the
- file called "AcroRead.mac" in CD_SAMPLER:ACRO_V2:ACROMAC.
- Then follow the instructions on your screen.
- Acrobat Reader 2.0 requires ATM version 3.6 or above.
- ATM LE (a special version of Adobe Type Manager 3.8) is installed
- with Acrobat Reader 2.0 for use by Acrobat only. Installation leaves
- older versions of ATM on your system for use with other applications.
- If a version older than ATM¬ 3.6 is running on your system when you
- attempt to launch Acrobat Reader, you will see the message "Adobe
- Type Manager version 3.6 or newer must be installed. Acrobat Reader
- will now quit." If you are running on a 68020, 68030, or 68040
- Macintosh with System 7 or greater, you may perform a partial upgrade
- to ATM by installing ATM LE in your System folder.
- Locate the Fonts folder inside the Acrobat 2.0 folder. Drag the ATM
- LE control panel to the System folder and restart your Macintosh.
- ATM LE does not support QuickDraw GX, native Power Macintosh, Kanji,
- or 68000-based Macintosh. Please call 800-83-FONTS (800-833-6687) for
- information on the full upgrade to ATM.
- 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.
-
- UNIX: (not delivered)
- Become superuser (root).
- SunOS 4.1.3: If you haven't already done so, mount the CD-ROM:
- mkdir /cdrom
- mount -rt hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
- cd /cdrom/acro_v1/acrounix/acroread
- ls
- For more detailed instructions, print out the Getting Started Guide
- from the file getstart.ps
- Solaris 2.3: the volume name is "CD_SAMPLER", not "adobe" as listed
- in the Getting Started Guide (getstart.ps)
- run the installation script by typing:
- ./easyinst.rdr
- to accept the default installation, or
- ./install.rdr for a custom installation.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- WINDOWS:
- - 386- or 486-based personal computer (486 recommended)
- - Microsoft Windows 3.1 or greater
- - 4 MB system RAM
- - 2 MB hard disk space
-
- MACINTOSH:
- - 68020- or greater Macintosh
- - MacOS 7.0 or greater
- - 2 MB application RAM
- - 1.5 MB hard disk space
-
- DOS:
- - 386- or 486-based personal computer (486 recommended)
- - DOS 3.3 or greater
- - 2 MB application RAM (4 MB recommended)
- - 5 MB hard disk space
-
- UNIX:
- - Sun SPARCstation workstation
- - SunOS 4.1.3 or Solaris 2.3 or greater operating system software
- - OpenWindows (v. 3.0 or greater) or Motif (v. 1.1.2 or greater)
- window manager
- - 8 MB application RAM
- - 9 MB hard disk space
-
-
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- For primary technical information and answers, you're free to take
- advantage of Adobe's Basic Support Services at any time. You're
- responsible only for telephone charges. These services include:
-
- Adobe US Automated Technical Suport -- a full-time, computer-driven
- diagnostic system with answers to the most commonly asked questions.
- Call 1-206-628-2757 hours a day, 7 days a week.
-
- Adobe US Fax Request Line -- an easy way to request free technical
- notes by fax. Dial 1-206-628-5737 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
-
- CompuServe Questions and Answers -- an Adobe bulletin board for
- CompuServe subscribers. Directory: GO ADOBE
-
- US and Canada -- for users of Adobe Acrobat products in the US and
- Canada, pay for support options include:
- - 900-555-ADOBE -- this business-to-business 900 service is a way for
- infrequent users to get help from an Adobe Technical Support
- Representative. Each minute is $2.00 plus toll, if any, and charges
- will appear on your monthly phone bill. Call 900-555-ADOBE (900-555-
- 2362).
-
- INSTALLING ACROBAT READER FOR WINDOWS ON COMPUTERS THAT SHARE A
- NETWORK-BASED COPY OF WINDOWS
- Installing Acrobat Reader 2.0 on computers that share a network-based
- copy of Windows is a two step process. First, from a computer that
- shares the network-based copy of Windows, you install the
- administrator's version of Acrobat Exchange or Reader. Then, other
- users who share the same copy of Windows install the standard version
- of Acrobat Reader. If you have Acrobat Exchange 2.0, follow the
- instructions on the "Network Installation" card included with Acrobat
- 2.0. If not, follow the directions below:
-
- To install the first copy of Acrobat Reader on a computer that uses a
- network-based copy of Windows:
- Make sure that nobody is using the copy of Windows you will use to
- install Acrobat Reader.
- Start Windows. If Windows is running quit all applications.
- From the Windows Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu. Type
- [drive]:\ACROBAT\DOSREAD /a then press <Enter>. (The /a
- switch indicates that you are installing an administrator's version.)
- Follow the instructions on your screen.
-
- After you install the administrator's version of Acrobat Exchange or
- Reader, other users can follow the standard installation instructions
- to install Acrobat Reader on computers that share the same copy of
- Windows.
-
- Adobe, Acrobat, and Adobe Type Manager are trademarks of Adobe
- Systems Incorporated and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
-
- (c) Copyright 1983-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights
- reserved.
-
- Adobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) Reader for DOS
- Read Me Notes for Version 1.0
- This Read Me file contains last-minute information for the Acrobat
- Reader for DOS program.
- * Adobe's European Customer Support Center has different phone lines
- where native speaking support engineers are ready to help you. Please
- call one of the following numbers to receive support or to obtain
- additional information:
-
- French +31-55-384252
- Spanish +31-55-384251
- German +31-55-384246
- Dutch +31-55-384245
- English +31-55-384249
- Swedish +31-55-384254
- Italian +31-55-384250
- Fax +31-55-434455
-
- For more information and pricing on any Adobe support or training
- program, in the US and Canada please call 800-87-ADOBE (800-872-
- 3623); in Europe please call Adobe's European Customer Support Center
- at the numbers listed above.
-
- VESA Video Modes
- Acrobat Reader supports the following VESA (Video Electronic Standard
- Association) video modes:
- 640x480 256 colors
- 800x600 16 colors
- 800x600 256 colors
- 1024x768 16 colors
- 1024x768 256 colors
-
- Acrobat Reader detects what VESA video modes your video card
- supports. Unsupported modes are disabled in the Preferences dialog.
- VESA modes are disabled in the Preferences dialog if:
- * Your VESA driver is not version 1.2 or later.
- * Or you do not have a VESA driver loaded, or the VESA driver built
- into your BIOS is not enabled.
- If a valid VESA driver is not available the VGA video mode 640x480,
- 16 colors is used.
-
- VESA Driver Included with Acrobat Reader
- Adobe has licensed and included the Universal VESA VBE video driver
- with Acrobat Reader for DOS. This driver provides VESA version 1.2
- compatibility for many popular video cards. This program is fully
- copyrighted; Copryright (C) 1993 SciTech Software. Some video boards,
- such as the Diamond Computer Systems Viper VLB board, come with their
- own VESA driver that you should use instead of the Universal driver.
-
- The Installer copies the driver, UNIVESA.EXE, and its documentation
- into the VESA directory within the Acrobat Reader program directory.
- For instance, if you install Acrobat Reader to C:\ACRODOS, the VESA
- driver is copied to C:\ACRODOS\VESA. You can add UNIVESA.EXE to your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file to ensure that the driver is loaded when you run
- Acrobat Reader. Please refer to the file UNIVESA.TXT in the VESA
- directory for more information on this driver.
-
- VESA Drivers on CompuServe
- CompuServe contains VESA video drivers from several different
- manufacturers. Many of these drivers are located in the IBMPRO
- forum, VESA library. To reach this library on CompuServe, do the
- following:
- Log onto CompuServe
- Enter: GO IBMPRO
- Select: (3)LIBRARIES
- Select: VESA library
-
- Getting Information About your Video Board
- If you try to use a mode that is supported and it does not work
- properly, run the VESAINFO.EXE utility that is installed in the
- Acrobat Reader program directory in the following way:
- VESAINFO >VESAINFO.TXT
- This creates a file, VESAINFO.TXT, that lists the video modes that
- your video card supports. Adobe Technical Support can use this
- information to help you determine the cause of the problem.
-
- Due to a limitation in the Acrobat Reader video drivers, a VESA mode
- is disabled if its bytes-per-scanline value doesn't match the value
- in the following table. The VESAINFO utility lists the bytes-per-
- scanline value for each mode.
-
- VESA Mode Bytes-per-scanline Value
- 640x480 256 colors 640
- 800x600 16 colors 100
- 800x600 256 colors 800
- 1024x768 16 colors 128
- 1024x768 256 colors 1024
-
- Unreadable Display
- If you try a VESA mode and the screen is unreadable, switch back to a
- 16-color mode at 640 video mode (you can edit ACROBAT.INI with any
- editor). You may be running a video mode that your monitor does not
- support or you may need to obtain a newer VESA driver from your video
- card manufacturer.
-
- To run in 640x480, 16-color mode, your ACROBAT.INI file should
- contain the following entries:
-
- [Video]
- Driver=VGA
-
- [Preferences]
- VideoMode=640
- Colors=16
-
- Note: The valid VideoMode settings are 640, 800, or 1024.
-
- 8514 Video Support
- Acrobat Reader supports the 8514 video adapter in the following
- resolutions:
- 640x480 16 colors
- 640x480 256 colors
- 1024x768 16 colors
- 1024x768 256 colors
-
- Acrobat Reader's 8514 driver does not use the 8514 AI interface; it
- writes directly to 8514 hardware. Thus, if your 8514 video card is
- not 100% IBM 8514 hardware compatible, this driver will not work
- properly.
-
- To use an 8514 video mode, your ACROBAT.INI file should contain the
- following entries:
-
- [Video]
- Driver=8514
-
- [Preferences]
- VideoMode=640
- Colors=16
-
- Note: The valid VideoMode settings are 640 or 1024; the valid Colors
- settings are 16 or 256.
-
- Novell's TCP/IP Network Driver
- If you are running Novell Lan WorkPlace for DOS, version 4.0.1 on
- your PC, Acrobat Reader crashes with the error "Unexpected Interrupt"
- may be due to a buggy Novell TCP/IP driver.
-
- Novell has a patch to fix this problem. You may either contact Novell
- directly or download the patch from CompuServe. In CompuServe, type
- GO NOVLIB and search for the file "LD401A.EXE" that is in the
- Mac/NFS/MHS/NMS/LWP section. Here is Novell's description of this
- patch: "This is a `super patch' for Lan WorkPlace for DOS 4.01 which
- corrects numerous problems. This includes updates for TCP/IP, TelAPI,
- TNVT220, WLIBSOCK, and RFCNBIOS."
-
- After Dark for DOS
- You need to disable After Dark for DOS when Acrobat Reader is
- running. To do this, run the program ADSETUP.EXE in the After Dark
- directory to tell After Dark to do nothing when "ACROBAT" or
- "ACROMAIN" is running. Refer to the After Dark documentation for
- instructions on how to do this.
-
- After Dark for Windows
- The DOS screen blanker included with After Dark for Windows (AD-
- DOS.COM) is incompatible with protected-mode programs, and can cause
- your system to lock up when running Acrobat Reader. There is no way
- to configure the DOS screen blanker to disable itself when a certain
- program is running; the full After Dark for DOS program does have
- this feature. Because of this, Adobe recommends that you not run the
- After Dark DOS screen blanker with Acrobat. You should remove AD-DOS
- from your AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- Security Software and the Installer
- If you are running a security program, such as Fischer
- International's Watchdog, or any other security software you should
- disable the option to restrict access to the start up files and
- disable the option to enable integrity check prior to running the
- installer if you want to allow the installer to modify your
- CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
-
- Files Left by the Installer
- If you terminate an install before it completes, the Installer may
- leave the directory C:\ADMALTOI with the files INSTALIT.EXE and
- NORCIMO.ATE on your hard disk.You can delete these files and remove
- this directory.
-
- LaserTools Printer Control Panel (PCPanel)
- If you are using the PCPanel utility program, you need to configure
- it to "Postscript only" mode.
-
- PostScript Printing
- If you encounter problems, such as a "VMerror," printing to
- PostScript Level 1 or 2 printers it may be because the printer has
- little available memory (for example, a non-upgraded LaserWriter,
- LaserWriter Plus, LaserWriter II NT or NTX). There are two potential
- solutions to this problem:
- In the Preferences dialog (select from the Edit menu) you may choose
- to use Serif only or Sans only for font substitution. This frees up
- additional memory in the printer and chances are your document will
- print successfully.
- The other option is to purchase more memory for your printer.
-
- If you are using an Apple Personal LaserWriter NT printer that has
- not been upgraded to a Personal LaserWriter NTR, Acrobat Reader won't
- be able to print substitute fonts. Contact your Apple dealer for
- information on upgrading your printer.
-
- DeskJet Color Printers
- Acrobat Reader printer driver supports the Hewlett Packard DeskJet
- 500c and 550c in black and white mode only.
-
- After Dark is a trademark of Berkeley Systems Incorporated.
- LaserTools Printer Control Panel is a trademark of LaserTools
- Corporation. Watchdog is a registered trademark of Fischer
- International Systems Corporation. DeskJet is a registered trademark
- of Hewlett-Packard Company. Adobe, Acrobat, and PostScript are
- trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in
- certain jurisdictions. (C) 1987 - 1993 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
- All rights reserved. Prices subject to change without notice.
-