Get and Install the Adobe Acrobat Reader
for Windows

Some of the documents on this site are in a special format called "PDF". Acrobat Reader is software that allows these PDF files to be displayed in your browser. Without the reader, you will not be able to see these files.

NOTE: These instructions are for Windows. To download the free Acrobat Reader for other platforms, go to the Acrobat web site at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

  1. Before installing the Acrobat reader, please read the Adobe Acrobat Reader End User License Agreement.

  2. Download the Acrobat Reader for Windows by clicking here. When the Save As dialog box appears, select a directory on your hard disk where you will be able to find it, e.g. c:\temp. The file will be called ar505enu.exe.

  3. Install as follows: (instructions are for the Windows platform)
    1. Close all open applications (e.g. your browser).

    2. Click on Start and select Run...

    3. In the Run dialog box that appears, click Browse... Find the file ar505enu.exe in the directory where you downloaded it to, click on it and click Open. The file location and name will be shown in the box. For example, if you downloaded it to directory c:\temp, the file location and name will be c:\temp\ar505enu.exe. Click OK.

    4. The Acrobat Reader installer will start.

    5. Wait for the the page Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 Setup to appear and then click Next.

    6. On the next page called Choose Destination Location click Next.

    7. When the next page appears, click on Yes, I want to restart my computer and click OK.

    8. The computer will restart.

    9. Start your web browser. To test that the Acrobat reader was installed correctly, click on this test PDF file. The Acrobat reader should open and you should see the test file displayed. Then use the browser's Back function to get back to the browser.