Configuring Internet Explorer and AOL for Windows to Display PDF Files
What's Covered
Installing the Acrobat Plug-in Files
Enabling the Browser to Use Acrobat as a Helper Application
Downloading a PDF File to Your Hard Drive
Adobe Acrobat 4.x and later and Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.x and later include ActiveX plug-in files for Windows NT
4.0, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows 95. (Acrobat 4.x and Acrobat Reader 4.x do not
support Windows Me.)
The ActiveX plug-in files enable Microsoft Internet Explorer and America Online (AOL) Web browsers to display
PDF files in the browser window using Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. Internet Explorer and the AOL browser display
PDF files in the browser window automatically if the ActiveX plug-in files are installed.
Acrobat 4.x later and Acrobat Reader 4.x and later are compatible with Internet Explorer 4.x or later. Acrobat 5.0
and Acrobat Reader 5.0 support AOL 5.x in Windows NT, and they support AOL 6.x in Windows Me, Windows
2000, Windows 98, or Windows 95. Acrobat 4.x does not support AOL.
Installing the Acrobat Plug-in Files
The plug-in files install automatically with Acrobat and Acrobat Reader:
- Acrobat 5.0
The Acrobat 5.0 installer automatically installs the plug-in files Pdf.ocx, AcroIEHelper.ocx, and Pdf.tlb to the
Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 5.0/Acrobat/ActiveX/ folder **. The Acrobat Reader 5.0 installer automatically
installs the plug-in files Pdf.ocx, AcroIEHelper.ocx, and Pdf.tlb to the Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat
5.0/Reader/ActiveX folder.
- Acrobat 4.x
The Acrobat 4.x installer automatically installs the plug-in files Pdf.ocx and Pdf.tlb to the Program
Files/Adobe/Acrobat 4.0/Acrobat/ActiveX folder. The Acrobat Reader 4.x installer automatically installs the plug-in
files Pdf.ocx and Pdf.tlb to the Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat 4.0/Reader/ActiveX folder.
If you select a PDF file and the browser prompts you to save the file to disk or to open it outside the browser
window, or if the browser doesn't respond, do one or mor