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Why not make life even easier for your users and RUN Reader from the CD. Reader 5.0.5 with the search and accessibility extensions will work on all systems from W95 up, but I can't vouch for W3.1. This site has all versions of Reader from 3 upwards: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html Your users won't have to install anything. Regards Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: [PDF] Including Acrobat Reader on a CD > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > > I am moving from distributing manuals in a paper format to distributing > them in a PDF format on a CD. For those customers who do not have access to > the internet, I want to include the ability to install the Acrobat Reader > from the CD. For example, a lab in China may have a computer connected to > one of our instruments, but that computer may not be connected to the > internet. > > I am exclusively in a MS Windows environment. When I visited the Adobe > website, I noticed that there are several versions of the Acrobat Reader > available: > > Windows 95 (9.9 MB file size, Reader 5.05) > Windows 98 (9.9 MB file size, Reader 5.05) > Windows 98 SE (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) > Windows ME (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) > Windows XP (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) > Windows NT (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) > Windows 2000 (15.3 MB file size, Reader 6.0) > Windows 3.1 (4.8 MB file size, Reader 3.01) > > However, it appears to me that there might actually be only three versions > of the Reader: 5.05 (9.9 MB), 6.0 (15.3 MB), and 3.01 (4.8). If this is > true, the production costs for duplication the CDs would be lower if I only > had to include three versions of the Reader on the CD ROM, instead of > placing all eight versions on the CD. > > My question is, if I place on my CD the Windows 95 Reader and the Windows > XP Reader and the Windows 3.1 Reader, will they also install on and work > properly on the other versions of Windows, or do I have to place all eight > Reader versions on the CD? In this scenario, I would place a listing of all > the Windows versions on the screen under "Install Acrobat Reader" and the > user would click on their particular version of Windows, which would point > to a 5.05 Reader, or a 6.0 Reader, or the 3.01 Reader installation > executable. Will this work? > > Regards, > Richard > > ****************************************************** > Richard Inch > Technical Documentation Manager > INFICON > Two Technology Place > East Syracuse, NY 13057-9714 > phone: +315.434.2507 > fax: +315.434.1273 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.inficon.com > > ****************************************************** > NOTICE: - This message including any attachments is intended only for the > use of the designated recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential > information protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the > taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, > please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original > message including any attachments. > ****************************************************** > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
