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    PDF INFO & TEST FILE

    DOWNLOADING PDF FILES IN A WEB BROWSER

    Windows 95 Users
    To download the file directly from within Windows 95 using their Internet Explorer, right click on
    the hotlink and a pop-up menu will appear. Select the "Save Target As..." menu item and then you
    will be asked to identify a destination for the file on you local hard drive. When the file is fully
    downloaded, open it in the Acrobat Reader or Exchange program. If you want to view it within
    your browser--left click on the hot link.

    Figure 1. Windows 95 Pop-Up Menu with Right Click

    Macintosh Users
    The same general rules and limitations exist for Macintosh users as have been described above. To
    download the file to the hard drive, click and hold the mouse button down until a pop-up window
    appears. Select "Download Link to Disk" (MS Explorer 4) or similar menu item, and then choose
    the destination for the file.
    PDF INFO & TEST FILE
    HOW TO USE PDF FILES ON THE INTERNET

    Viewing PDF Files On-Line


    It is possible to "download" PDF files within your Internet browser using the Adobe Acrobat PDF
    Viewer plug-in for browsers. If you have an Acrobat plug-in installed, clicking on the PDF hot link
    will automatically start downloading the file and will show you the first page as soon as it is ready.
    The Acrobat plug-in will display the first page of the document as soon as it is downloaded; that
    usually takes several seconds to a minute--depending on the quality and speed of your network
    connection.
    The files must be navigated and printed using the Acrobat PDF Viewer's icons and not the
    browser's menu items. The PDF document MUST be printed using the Acrobat Viewers print icon
    on the upper left corner of the viewer. If the browser's print menu is used, the document may not
    print clearly, or not print at all..

    Viewing PDF Files Off-Line


    The best place to view and use PDF file is off-line. While viewing PDF files on-line is a great
    feature, it does limit some user interface options and is somewhat impractical for large PDF files
    on the Internet. It may be wiser to download the file for with the Adobe's Acrobat Reader or
    Acrobat Exchange applications. The benefit of this is each of these applications allows for faster
    navigation, use of the search function and index services if the file is included in a detached index.

    Downloading Limitations of the Internet


    It appears that some service providers place limits on the size of files that they will allow their users
    to attach to e-mail (usually less than 1 megabyte), or download directly. While the PDF version of
    a document may appear to be a large file compared to many HTML and graphic files, the PDF file
    is frequently one-half to one-tenth the size of the parent files! The collection of parent resources
    would be more difficult to download and would not provide the high level of services available in
    the Acrobat PDF format.

    PRINTING PDF FILES


    The Acrobat Reader is capable of printing to a variety of printer types, including PostScript, HPGL
    and PCL, without any additional software. Choosing the "Print..." menu item in Acrobat will call
    up the standard print dialog box found on your system. In general, choose "Shrink to Fit" option to
    allow the PDF page images to fit on your paper. There is no required "paper size" for a PDF file
    and it is common for the contents of a PDF file be used as virtual slide show in a landscape format.
    PDF INFO & TEST FILE
    SOMETHING FOR FREE!
    The PDF (Portable Document Format) requires a special stand-alone application, or plug-in for
    your Web browser to view PDF documents. The basic software is available free from the Adobe
    Corporation. The free Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF
    files across all major computing platforms. Acrobat Reader is the free viewing companion to
    Adobe Acrobat 3.0 and to Acrobat Capture(R) software. All links to PDF files have a icon beside
    them or "(PDF)" in the text link.
    If you do not have Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader software, it is available free from Adobe Inc. by
    clicking the Get Acrobat Reader at “http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html”.
    A more sophisticated version of this software package called Adobe Acrobat provides the software
    tools for the creation, basic editing and indexing of PDF files. It is available as a commercially sold
    product from Adobe. The commercial product is available through most software retailers.

    WHY I USE PDF FILES


    I frequently get inquires about our use of PDF files on my Web site. I use them for several
    reasons:
    • I can deliver information with higher quality graphics and page formatting.
    • PDF files can be electronically indexed and searched quickly.
    • They are compact in size compared to other forms of electronic documents of comparable
    quality.
    • I can create high quality documents more easily than using HTML (Hypertext Mark-up
    Language). Information on Web will frequently have graphics with much lower resolutions
    than ones in our PDF files.
    • They can be used with the same predictable results on five computer platforms and operat-
    ing systems. (UNIX, Windows 3.1, 95, 98 & NT, Macintosh)

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