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Product
Acrobat Exchange, Acrobat Reader

Platform
Macintosh

Last Edited
08/17/99

Filename
93f2.htm

Using the PDFViewer Plug-In with an Acrobat 3.0x Viewer

The PDFViewer plug-in is included with Acrobat Reader 3.0x and Acrobat Exchange 3.0x. If you select a PDF file while the PDFViewer plug-in is installed, the file will download to Internet Explorer's Temp folder, and then Internet Explorer uses your Acrobat viewer to display the file within its browser window.

To install the PDFViewer plug-in, move the PDFViewer file from the Acrobat 3.0x:Web Browser Plug-in folder into the Internet Explorer:Plug-ins folder.

Note: Before you can use the plug-in, you also need to make sure that Acrobat is deselected as a helper application in Internet Explorer. To deselect Acrobat as a helper application in Internet Explorer 3.x:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences, then select Helpers.
2. In the Helpers scroll box, select PDF Files or Portable Document Format, then click Delete.
3. Restart Internet Explorer 3.0x.

To deselect Acrobat as a helper application in Internet Explorer 4.x:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences, then select File Helpers.
2. In the File Helper Settings pane, select Portable Document Format and then click Change.
3. Choose View With Plug-in from the How To Handle pop-up menu, then click Browse.
4. Select the PDFViewer plug-in file in the Internet Explorer:Plug-ins folder, then click Open. The name "PDFViewer" should appear next to "Plug-in name".
5. Click OK to close the dialog boxes.
6. Restart Internet Explorer.

Configuring Internet Explorer to Use Acrobat as a Helper Application

When you configure Internet Explorer to use Acrobat as a helper application, Internet Explorer starts your Acrobat 3.0x or 4.0 viewer, then displays PDF files within the Acrobat viewer window.

To configure Internet Explorer 3.x to use Acrobat as a helper application:
1. If the PDFViewer plug-in is installed, quit Internet Explorer and then remove the PDFViewer plug-in from the Internet Explorer:Plug-ins folder.
2. Start Internet Explorer.
3. Choose Edit > Preferences, then select Helpers.
4. Click Add.
5. Type "PDF Files" in the Description text box.
6. Type "application/pdf" in the MIME Type text box.
7. Type "pdf" in the Suffixes text box.
8. Select Binary in the Encoding section.
9. Choose Use a Helper Application from the How to Handle pop-up menu.
10. Click Choose, select either Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange, and then click Select.
11. Type "PDF " in the File Type text box. Make sure to include a space after the "F".
12. Click New, then click OK.
13. Restart Internet Explorer.

To configure Internet Explorer 4.x to use Acrobat as a helper application:
1. If the PDFViewer plug-in is installed, quit Internet Explorer and then remove the PDFViewer plug-in from the Internet Explorer:Plug-ins folder.
2. Start Internet Explorer.
3. Choose Edit > Preferences, then select File Helpers.
4. In the File Helper Settings pane, select Portable Document Format and then click Change. If Portable Document Format isn't listed, click Add, then proceed with these steps.
5. Type "PDF " in the File Type text box. Make sure to include a space after the "F".
6. Type "CARO" in the Creator text box.
7. Select Binary, Use For Incoming, and Use For Outgoing in the Encoding section.
8. Choose an option from the Download Destination pop-up menu.
9. Choose View With Application from the How to Handle pop-up menu.
10. If your Acrobat viewer's name doesn't appear next to "Application", click Browse, then select the viewer's application file and click Open.
11. Click OK to close the dialog boxes.
12. Restart Internet Explorer.

Downloading a PDF File to Your Hard Disk

You can dowload a PDF file to your hard disk, rather than opening it from within Internet Explorer. After you download a PDF file to your hard disk, you can copy text, distribute the file, or save the file to another disk.

To download a PDF file from a link:
1. Click and hold the mouse on the link to a PDF file, then choose Download Link To Disk from the pop-up menu.
2. In the Save As dialog box, select a location on your hard disk, then click Save.

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