Viewing and Printing PDF Files
—Indicates file is in PDF format and must be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader
Get Acrobat Reader *Thanks to Adobe Acrobat Exchange Help Document for these direct excerpts!
To fix some of the most common problems encountered while using Adobe Acrobat Reader, try the Official Adobe Troubleshooting Guide or find answers to the Top Issues for Acrobat Reader.

Printing a PDF file from the Web

While viewing a PDF document in the web browser, press the printer icon from the Acrobat Reader toolbar, which is the first icon on the left.

Important: For better results, use the print command from Acrobat Reader, rather than the Web browser.


Reading PDF in a Web browser*

A PDF document on the Web can be displayed in a Web browser compatible with Netscape Navigator 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0. Netscape Navigator-compatible browsers also need access to the PDFViewer plug-in in their plug-in folders to display PDF documents. The PDFViewer plug-in is automatically installed in the Netscape plug-ins folder with Windows and on the Macintosh.

For other browsers, with UNIX, or if you install a new browser after installing Exchange or Reader, see Installing the Web browser plug-in for information.


Using tools and positioning the Acrobat toolbar*

All the Acrobat Reader tools, except Find and Select Text, are available in Web browsers. A print tool, not available in Reader outside the browser window, is added to the toolbar to allow you to print the PDF file.

Keyboard commands are mapped to browser tools, not to Acrobat viewer tools, so Acrobat keyboard shortcuts are not available in the browser window.

When you view a PDF document in a Web browser, you can position the toolbar along any of the four sides of the browser window. The default position is the top of the window.

To reposition the toolbar:
  1. Click on a blank area of the toolbar and drag the toolbar to the window edge you would like the toolbar to follow.
  2. Release the mouse when you see the outline of the toolbar along the window edge.

Setting up an Acrobat viewer as a helper application*

If your Web browser does not support inline viewing of PDF documents or if you prefer not to view PDF inline, you can set up an Acrobat viewer as a helper application with your browser’s preferences. With the viewer set up as a helper, the viewer will launch and display any PDF file linked on the Web.

When you use an Acrobat viewer as a helper application, page-at-a-time downloading, form submittal, search highlighting on the Web, and viewing embedded PDF files are not available.

To set up your browser to recognize PDF files, you must define a MIME type and a file type. File type should be pdf. MIME type should be application/pdf. See your browser’s documentation or http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/moreinfo for information about configuring specific Web browsers.

If you are using Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later with Windows or on the Macintosh and you want to use your Acrobat viewer as a helper application, rename the PDFViewer plug-in or delete it from the Netscape Plug-in folder. The plug-in is named NPPDF32.dll or NPPDF16.dll (Windows) or PDFViewer (Macintosh).


Installing the Web browser plug-in*

If you are using a Web browser that supports the Netscape API architecture, copy the Web browser plug-in to your browser’s Plug-in folder. If you are using a Netscape Navigator browser, the Acrobat installer attempts to install the plug-in for you.

To install the Web browser plug-in (Windows):
  1. Open File Manager or Windows Explorer.
  2. Locate the Acrobat3\Exchange\Browser folder.
  3. Copy the NPPDF32.dll or NPPDF16.dll file to your Web browser’s Plug-in folder.
To install the Web browser plug-in (Macintosh):
  1. Open the Web Browser Plug-in folder within the Adobe Acrobat 3.0 folder.
  2. Copy the PDFViewer plug-in to your Web browser’s Plug-in folder.


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