======================================================================== Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 Updated: October 31, 1996 for Microsoft Windows Read Me Notes ======================================================================== This Read Me file contains last-minute product information for the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 for Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT. For full instructions on using the Acrobat Reader please see the Acrobat Reader 3.0 Online Guide, which can be found in the file READER.PDF in the Help folder which is in the same folder as the Acrobat Reader. When using Acrobat Reader, selecting the Help > Reader Online Guide menu will open READER.PDF automatically. Adobe encourages you to register as an Acrobat Reader user; letting us know who you are helps us continue to provide you with better products, better service, and the most up-to-date information on Adobe Acrobat. If you have not already registered, please do so at http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/register.html To view the latest information on Acrobat, please go to: http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/ TABLE OF CONTENTS This document contains the following sections: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS KNOWN PROBLEMS AND ISSUES - INSTALLATION ISSUES - WEB BROWSER ISSUES - GENERAL ISSUES - PRINTING ISSUES READER WITH SEARCH SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS =================== - x86-based personal computer (386 minimum; 486, Pentium, or Pentium Pro recommended) - Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 - 4 MB application RAM - 5 MB hard disk space, plus 7 MB additional temporary disk space available during installation - For viewing PDF files inside of a Web browser: Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later (3.0.1 or later recommended) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later. (Netscape Navigator 2.0.2 can also be used with limitations; e.g. it will not allow you to submit a PDF form. You may also be able to use other Web browsers that FULLY support the Netscape APIs.) KNOWN PROBLEMS AND ISSUES ========================= If additional problems and issues are discovered they'll be posted on Adobe's Web site at http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/ - INSTALLATION ISSUES =================== If there is a failure at any point during the installation of Acrobat 3.0, the installer performs a complete uninstall. For this reason, it is important not to pre-maturely close the installer application by clicking on its close box in the upper-right corner of the background window; the installer will automatically close the background window. [174928, 178252] Installer for Windows 95 or Windows NT - The 32-bit Acrobat Reader installer will install the following software for use with Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT: - AcroRd32.exe, the 32-bit Acrobat Reader - PDF.OCX, the Acrobat Control for ActiveX, which will enable Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 to display PDF documents - nppdf32.dll, the Netscape plug-in which will allow Netscape Navigator and compatible browsers to display PDF documents If Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later is installed on your computer, nppdf32.dll will be installed in \Netscape\Navigator\Program\plugins. If Adobe PageMill 2.0 or later is installed on your computer, nppdf32.dll will be installed in its plugin directory. The installer will also place one copy of the Netscape plug-in in the directory containing the Acrobat Reader in \Browser\nppdf32.dll. If you would like to use the Acrobat Reader with an additional copy of Netscape Navigator or another Netscape compatible browser, copy nppdf32.dll to its plugins directory. Installers for Windows 3.1 - The 16-bit Acrobat Reader installer will install the following software for use ONLY with Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups: - AcroRd16.exe, the 16-bit Acrobat Reader for use ONLY with Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups - nppdf16.dll, the Netscape plug-in which will allow Netscape Navigator and compatible browsers to display PDF documents If Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later is installed on your computer, nppdf16.dll will be installed in \Netscape\Navigator\Program\plugins. The installer will also place one copy of the Netscape plug-in in the directory containing the Acrobat Reader in \Browser\nppdf16.dll. If you would like to use the Acrobat Reader with an additional copy of Netscape Navigator or another Netscape compatible browser, copy nppdf16.dll to its plugins directory. Due to problems with some Desktop Managers for Windows 3.1, during installation the Adobe Acrobat program group and the Acrobat Exchange program item may not be created. By default, the program is installed in the directory c:\Acrobat3\Read16 and the executable is c:\Acrobat3\Read16\acrord16.exe. Installing Quicktime - To allow the Acrobat Reader to play .mov files, movies or sounds created with Apple QuickTime(TM), your computer must have the appropriate sound and video boards installed and Apple QuickTime software version 2.0 or later. This software can be downloaded from http://quicktime.apple.com/qt/sw/sw.html Plug-in Names - Removing plug-ins from the Reader's Plug-Ins folder can improve performance and reduce the memory required to use the Reader. When removing plug-ins, refer to the following list of the Reader plug-ins' file names and their functionality: Windows 95 and Windows NT: aform32.api Acrobat Forms ahls32.api Acrobat Highlight server (highlights results of Web-based search) asrch32.api Acrobat Search (installed with optional Acrobat Reader with Search) ewh32.api External Window Handler (communicates with Web browser) ieweb32.api Internet Explorer Web Browser Interface movie32.api Movie and Sound olesrv32.api OLE Server weblnk32.api WebLink Plug-in Windows 3.1: aform16.api Acrobat Forms ahls16.api Acrobat Highlight server (highlights results of Web-based search) acrosrch.api Acrobat Search (installed with optional Acrobat Reader with Search) ewh16.api External Window Handler (communicates with Web browser) movie.api Movie and Sound olesrv.api OLE Server weblnk16.api WebLink Plug-in - WEB BROWSER ISSUES ================== Known problems using Acrobat Reader 3.0 with Netscape Navigator 2.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 include: Many of the Acrobat Reader keyboard navigation accelerators (arrow keys, page up/down, etc.) are not available when viewing PDF files within a Web browser window. [142844] When large PDF files which have NOT been optimized for page-at-a-time downloading are downloaded over very slow transmission lines (e.g. slow modems), the Acrobat Reader may "time-out" before the entire file has been downloaded. Aternatively, the first page of the document may be displayed but changing to another page could result in a blank page being displayed until the document is fully downloaded. [143637, 179356] "Open File" links and bookmarks to non-PDF files will not work when activated while viewing the PDF file in a Web browser window. [147871] When viewing a PDF file in a Web browser, the destination of an Acrobat Weblink is not displayed in the control bar even if the Weblink preference is set to do so. [144784] Microsoft Internet Information Server - The Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 2.0 distributed with Windows NT Server 4.0 includes built-in support for byteserving (byte range serving) PDF files. However, the shipping version of IIS 2.0 has a bug which causes it not to return all the bytes needed to display some PDF files (regardless of whether or not the PDF files are optimized). Microsoft has corrected these bugs in updated versions of three Windows NT 4.0 DLL files (httpodbc.dll, infocomm.dll, and w3svc.dll). These updated files will be included with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 which Microsoft expects to release in December 1996. Before then, Windows NT 4.0 owners can contact Microsoft's pay per incident product support group (in the U.S. their phone number is 800-936-5900) and request "NT hot fix number 56945". If you install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 1, be sure to reinstall this hot fix afterwards. Movies - PDF files with movies and sounds work inside of World Wide Web browsers, but the performance is generally unacceptable. Acrobat's Movie plug-in is best used for disk- and CD-ROM-based applications. [174588] Documents with PAGES larger than 4 MBytes each may have display problems. [155364] Known problems using Acrobat Reader 3.0 with Netscape Navigator 2.0 or 3.0 include: Acrobat Reader 3.0 and Netscape Navigator communicate with each other via two plug-ins installed by Adobe Acrobat 3.0; one called EWH on the Acrobat side in the Reader\PLUG_INS folder and one called nppdf32.dll or nppdf16.dll in the Netscape\Navigator\Program\plugins folder. Opening an Acrobat document from within a copy of Netscape Navigator which uses an old version of the nppdf32.dll or nppdf16.dll plug-in may cause your browser to crash. For best results, make sure both plug-ins are from the same Acrobat release. If you would prefer to use Acrobat Reader as a helper application, be sure to remove nppdf32.dll or nppdf16.dll from Navigator's plug-ins folder and then configure the Acrobat Reader as a helper application. Due to a bug in Navigator, when viewing PDF within a frame, if you resize the window and quit Netscape before the page is done drawing, Netscape and/or Acrobat will crash. [175265] When using Navigator's Back button or Go menu to return ...
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