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- Acrobat Reader 2.1 for Windows
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- Contents:
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- * What's New in Acrobat Reader 2.1 for Windows
- * System Requirements
- * Installation Instructions
- * ATM and Fonts
- * Troubleshooting
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- What's New in Acrobat Reader 2.1 for Windows
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- Acrobat Reader 2.1 now runs under Windows NT 3.5 (or later), Windows 3.1,
- and Windows 95, as well as OS/2 2.11 or later in Windows compatibility mode.
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- Adobe's ATM technology for rendering Type 1 fonts has been built into
- Acrobat Reader 2.1 for Windows so it is no longer necessary to install ATM
- on Windows systems.
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- Acrobat Reader 2.1 now accepts some specially enabled plug-ins, such as
- Weblink and Movie. This allows Acrobat Reader users to take advantage of new
- capabilities in PDF files created with Acrobat Exchange, for example
- following World Wide Web (URL) links or viewing QuickTime and AVI (Windows
- only) movies within a PDF document.
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- Printing quality has been improved to non-PostScript printers.
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- Limitations in printing to some non-Postscript printers with non-square
- pixels (some fax modems and dot-matrix printers) have been removed.
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- Acrobat Reader 2.1 generates DSC-compliant PostScript when used with the
- AdobePS 3.0 (or later) printer driver.
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- System Requirements
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- * 386-, 486-based, or Pentium-based personal computer
- * Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT 3.5 or greater
- * 4 MB application RAM
- * 4 MB hard disk space
- * 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy disk drive
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- Installation Instructions
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- The installation process is controlled by the Acrobat Installer application.
- This installation will create a program group named "Adobe Acrobat" and
- install the new Acrobat Reader 2.1 application and support files in the
- c:\acroread directory.
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- The installation process does not install ATM, edit any INI files on your
- system, and a does not force a restart of Windows after completion.
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- To Install Acrobat(TM) Reader 2.1:
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- 1. From the Windows Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
- 2. Type: [drive]:\acroread.exe
- 3. Follow the instructions on your screen.
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- Installation requires approximately 4 MB of free hard disk space.
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- How Does The Installer Handle Adobe Type Manager (ATM) and Fonts?
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- Acrobat Reader 2.1 for Windows does not install ATM.
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- If TrueType versions of Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, or Zapf Dingbats
- are installed on your system, they are not replaced nor moved.
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- Troubleshooting
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- If you experience problems installing or using Acrobat Reader 2.1 for
- Windows, consider the following:
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- If you downloaded the Reader from an online service or internet site,
- check that the file transferred properly.
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- Errors During Acrobat Reader Installation
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- When launched, the Acrobat Reader installer (ACROREAD.EXE) makes a copy
- of the ACROREAD.EXE file in the temp directory specified in the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file. When the drive and directory listed in the "Set
- temp=" line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file are invalid or you don't have
- write access to that drive and directory,or enough space on the drive,
- the Acrobat Reader installation fails, and returns the errors "Cannot
- load the language library", "Cannot load the license agreement", or
- "Not enough free disk space to continue installation".
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- Do one or more of the following:
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- * Ensure there is at least 4-8MB free disk space available on the
- hard drive onto which Acrobat Reader is being installed.
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- * Ensure the "Set temp=" line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT is valid:
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- 1. Open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in a text editor that saves as
- text-only (e.g., Windows Write, Notepad).
- 2. Locate the line that reads "Set temp=" and verify the drive
- and directory following the equal sign are valid. When the
- "Set temp=" line points to an invalid drive or directory,
- edit the line to point to a valid drive and directory, then
- save the file as text-only.
- 3. Reboot the computer.
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- * Ensure you have write access to the drive where the TEMP directory
- is located.
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- Windows 95 Issues
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- Acrobat Exchange and Reader 2.1 are Windows 95 compatible applications,
- but they are not yet Windows 95 logo compliant. This means they will
- run under Windows 95 but may not meet all of Microsoft's guidelines for
- complete Windows 95 compliance, such as various user interface
- elements, long filenames, etc. A Windows 95 logo-compliant verions of
- Acrobat Reader is scheduled for early 1996.
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- Toolbar - If you change the 3D Objects color in the Display Properties
- dialog (Appearance panel) the activated buttons in the toolbar will not
- display properly. For best results, use the Windows Standard color
- scheme.
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- n-up Printing - n-up printing from Acrobat Exchange does not work with
- the standard PostScript printer driver installed by Windows 95. n-up
- printing is supported by the AdobePS 3.01 (or later) driver.
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- Weblink Plug-in Issues
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- Spyglass Mosaic under Win32s crashes intermittantly when a download is
- cancelled from Weblink.
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- An invalid gopher URL (e.g. gopher://example.com/pub/test.pdf) will
- download an error message as a text file with the PDF file name.
- Acrobat Reader will return the message "There was an error opening this
- document. File does not begin with %PDF-".
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- If the web browser is busy contacting the host for over one minute,
- Weblink will return the message "The web browser has not responded to
- your request for over 1 minute: terminating request". The browser may
- not respond to Weblink's attempt to cancel; use the web browser button
- in the toolbar to activate the browser and manually cancel the request.
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- PCL Printing Issues
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- The printer drivers shipped with Microsoft Windows 3.1 for the HP
- LaserJet III, IIID, IIIP, and IIISi printers may not work well with
- Acrobat Reader (and other applications for that matter). Adobe
- recommends you use a PCL printer driver based on the Universal Printer
- Driver V.3.1.2. Here are four ways to get this driver:
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- * COMPUSERVE. Type "GO MSL" to get to the Microsoft Software Library
- forum. Download the file named HPPCL5.EXE. Place this file on an
- empty, formatted DOS diskette then from DOS run the file to
- extract the driver and installation instructions which are in the
- file named printer.txt.
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- * MICROSOFT'S BULLETIN BOARD. Microsoft's bulletin-board download
- service can be reached at 206-936-6735. It supports up to 9600
- baud and you should set up your modem to use 8-bit, 1 stop bit,
- and no parity. Once connected, there is a menu-driven bulletin
- board. Download the file named "HPPCL5.EXE" and follow the same
- directions as above.
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- o MICROSOFT. If you don't have a modem, you may call Microsoft
- directly at 206-637-7098 or 800-426-9400 and obtain the LaserJet
- III printer drivers on a diskette.
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- o HEWLETT PACKARD. Again, if you don't have a modem, you may call
- Hewlett Packard directly at 303-353-7650 and obtain the LaserJet
- III printer drivers on a diskette. You may also use this number to
- obtain the latest printer drivers for the HP LaserJet 4, DeskJet,
- and PaintJet families of printers.
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- If you experience problems printing to HP LaserJet printers in the
- 600-dpi mode try switching back to 300-dpi mode or if it is equipped
- with a PostScript option, use the PostScript mode for 600-dpi printing.
- This 600-dpi PCL5 printing problem does not seem specific to Acrobat.
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- Documents with various graphic images may not print correctly to the
- LaserJet 4 in PCL mode at 600 dpi unless the Graphics option in the
- Windows printer driver setup is set to Raster mode.
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- To increase printer performance of documents formatted entirely in
- landscape orientation to non- PostScript printers the printer driver
- must be set in landscape orientation in the Windows printer setup.
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- Postscript Printing Issues
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- AdobePS 3.01 driver - For best results when printing to PostScript
- printers, Adobe recommends you use the AdobePS 3.01 (or later) driver.
- The driver and installation instructions are included on the Adobe
- Acrobat 2.1 Sampler CD.
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- AdobePS 2.1.1 Driver - You may experience problems when printing from
- Acrobat Reader 2.1 when using the AdobePS 2.1.1 printer driver. The
- problems occur in printing certain documents that use TrueType fonts or
- extended characters, such as typographic quote marks. A PSPrinter 2.1.2
- update that fixes both of these problems is available. The AdobePS
- 2.1.2 update upgrades an installed version of AdobePS 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 is
- available from the following sources:
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- * COMPUSERVE. Type GO ADOBE to get to the Adobe forum.
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- * FTP. Adobe's ftp Server is at ftp.adobe.com. The path to the
- updater is
- ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/Applications/Drivers/Windows/adobeps.exe
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- * WORLD WIDE WEB. Adobe's World Wide Web server is at
- http://www.adobe.com.
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- * PHONE. Call 800-521-1976 to have the AdobePS 2.1.2 update disk
- sent to you directly. Shipping and handling charges may apply.
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- Note: The update is not the complete, standalone AdobePS 2.1.2 driver.
- It will only update a previously installed version of AdobePS 2.1.1.
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- Memory Issues If you encounter problems, such as as 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:
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- * In the General Preferences dialog (select from the
- Edit/Preferences menu) you may choose to use Serif only or Sans
- only for font substituion. 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.
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- Apple Personal LaserWriter NT 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.
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- Miscellaneous Issues
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- CANON BJC 800 PRINTER In order to properly print text, graphics, and
- images to this printer be sure to check the Use Print Manager option in
- the Printers control panel.
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- CANON LBP-8IV Use the printers bitmap mode for best results.
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- COMPAQ MGA8.DRV VIDEO DRIVER Using this video driver (installed on
- Compaq DeskproXL 586 (1024x768, 640x480, 256 colors) with Compaq
- Qvision 2000 board may cause Acrobat Reader to crash. Solution: Turn
- off Page Caching in the Edit > Preferences > General dialog.
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- HP DESKJET 500C This printer has an unprintable area near the top of
- the page. Be sure to use the Shrink to Fit option in Acrobat Reader's
- Print dialog.
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- FONT NOT FOUND A font not found error may indicate that ATM did not
- have enough memory to create a substitute font. See the Improving
- Performance section of this file for information on how to increase the
- memory available to ATM (if installed).
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- INSTALL Due to problems with some Desktop Managers, during installation
- the Adobe Acrobat program group and the Acrobat Reader program item may
- not be created. By default, the program is installed in the directory
- c:\acroread and the executable is c:\acroread\acroread.exe.
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- LOTUS NOTES When you open an embedded PDF file from a Notes database,
- the Acrobat Reader window may seem to flicker slightly. This is because
- Lotus Notes is giving Acrobat Reader OLE instructions to Show, Hide,
- then Show the PDF document.
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- MACH 32 VIDEO CARD FROM ATI If you are using the MACH 32 ATI card, be
- sure to use the 256-color mode with the Color Pallette ON. In other
- words, do not use the 256-color mode with the color pallette off. For
- Acrobat, make sure the Pallette is ON.
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- NEC ULTRALITE VERSA LINEAR DRIVER Rotated images may display with
- artifacts when using the UltraLite Versa Linear 640x480 256 color video
- driver. Solution: Use the UltraLite Versa 640x480 256 color driver.
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- NUMBER 9 VIDEO DRIVER When Acrobat Reader's page caching is enabled, if
- you experience horizontal lines running across the page try turning off
- the turbo mode in the #9GXE video driver. This can be done via the
- Turbo menu in the program π#9GXE StatusΣ available in the #9 Hawkeye
- Control Panel.
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- PAGE CACHING Page caching is disabled for 16-bit and 24-bit displays
- and the option is grayed out in the General Preferences dialog.
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- PATTERNS Files produced by the Acrobat Distiller containing patterns
- may display slowly and cause memory shortages. This can often be the
- case when applications represent patterns as thousands of small Type 3
- font characters. If you experience this problem, it is recommended to
- use color rather than pattern fills.
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- PC TOOLS FOR WINDOWS 1.0 No Adobe Acrobat group is created and no
- program items/icons are created. See INSTALL problem above for
- description of workaround.
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- PHONENET PhoneNet does not properly map Macintosh file names containing
- upper-ASCII characters. As a result, you will not be able to open any
- such files in Acrobat Reader. Solution: Don't use special characters in
- file names to be accessed by both Macintosh and Windows users over a
- PhoneNet network.
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- PRINTING FROM FILE MANAGER Only one PDF file at a time can be selected
- and printed from the File Manager.
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- ROTATED/TRANSFORMED TRUETYPE FONTS You may encounter some problems with
- displaying or printing rotated or otherwise transformed TrueType fonts.
- This is a limitation of TrueType and Windows. For best results, we
- recommend you use Adobe PostScript Type 1 fonts in your documents.
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- STANDARD MODE Acrobat Reader 2.1 does not work in standard mode; you
- must be running Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode.
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- SYSHOOK Syshook is an application that patches the system menus of
- applications; it does not work well with Acrobat Reader.
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- TRUE TYPE TrueType fonts cannot be reencoded. Because of this
- limitation, documents that were created using some special characters
- in a Type 1 font may not display correctly if a TrueType version of the
- font with the same name is installed on your system. When this happens,
- the error message πSome text in the font and character 'FONTNAME ###'
- could not be displayed or printed correctly. The font could not be
- reencoded.Σ is displayed. Since the Acrobat installers do not replace
- TrueType versions of Times, Helvetica, and Courier you may get this
- message with these fonts. Solution: Use the Custom Install option to
- install a Type 1 version of these fonts.
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- WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS The Windows for Workgroups Netware extensions
- (\windows\netx.com) have been known to cause problems with Acrobat
- Reader's Open dialog, as well as other applicationΓs Open dialog.
- Solution: Contact Microsoft.
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- WRONG COLORS If the colors on your monitor seem completely wrong, try
- the following. In the Acrobat Reader's ini file
- (c:\windows\acroread.ini) try changing the line 'IS8514=4' to
- 'IS8514=105'.
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