In order to access PDF files within your browser from the web, users need to configure Acrobat Reader as a browser plug-in. For Internet Explorer Versions 4.0 and 5.0 -

1. Choose Edit, Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box.

2. Under Receiving Files in the left pane, select File Helpers.

3. Select Portable Document Format in the File Helper settings list and then click Change.

4. In the Handling area of Edit File Helper dialogue box, choose View with Plug-in from

    the How to Handle pop-up menu.

5. Click OK to close Edit File Helper dialogue box, and then click OK to close the

    Preferences dialogue box. Re-start your machine and check that the preferences

    have been saved. You should be able to view PDFs within your Explorer window (as

    below).

If PDF Viewer does not appear as an option on the pop-up menu, please follow the set of instructions called 'adding PDF plug-in' on the right-hand links.

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