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Get the
Plug-in
PDFViewer 4.0
(Free)

THE PLUG-IN PDFViewer 4.0
This Plug-in contains a program to open
the PDF Acrobat Reader 4.0 application
in browsers on the Web
. How to install it
in three steps

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1999 - 3 steps installation

STEP A

GET ACROBAT READER 4.0.

Free for Mac and Window

Go on the Adobe's site and download Acrobat Reader 4.0
The Plug-in
PDFViewer 4.0 is included in the folder

STEP B

TO PLACE THE PLUG-IN IN THE BROWSERS

Go in the Acrobat Reader 4.0 folder,
seek for and open the folder Plug-ins,
find and duplicate the plug-in PDFViewer

Take the copy of the Plug-in and place it
in the Internet Explorer Plug-ins folder

Remove all old version of this Plug-in

STEP C

TO SET THE BROWSERS'S PREFERENCES

How to set Internet Explorer
How to set Netscape Communicator

Attention! Dont do step C before step B

HOW TO SET INTERNET EXPLORER

When step B is done, open
Internet Explorer>Menu Edit>Preferences...>Receiving files>
File Helpers settings>Description>applications>

Portable Document Format PDFWiewer must appear
applications list. If not, you must had it

IEpref.gif

To add or change the application Acrobat Reader 4.0,
cliquer sur
Add... ou Change...

Edit File Helper opens
Fill the three fields for
Representation

.. IEapres.gif

For File Type>Application, click on Browse...
In folder
Acrobat Reader 4.0, open Acrobat Reader 4.0

selectAR.gif

For the section Handling>How to handle:
select
View with application
and for
Application, click on Browse...
to open the Acrobat Reader 4.0 application

Click OK, installation is over.

 

HOW TO SET NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR

STEPS A AND B

STEP C

When step B is done, open
Netscape Communicator> Menu Edit>Preferences...>
Receiving files>Navigator>Applications,
Applications, Description, Handled by

NetPref.gif

Portable Document Format PDFWiewer must appears in the
listing. All older version of the Plug-in must be removed

To add the Plug-in PDFViewer: click on New...

To up-grade the Plug-in PDFViewer:
Activate the line
Description>Portable Document Format PDFViewer
and click on Edit... to open the Edit Type window

Fill the three fields Description:, MIME Type: and Suffixes:

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Next, in the section Handle by,
click
Plug-in: and select PDFViewer in the small menu
and click Application: and Choose... to open Acrobat Reader 4.0

selectAR.gif

For File Type, select PDF in the small menu

Cliqck OK. Settings over.

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