What You Need

In Chapter 1, "Acquiring and Installing Adobe Reader," I discuss how to get ahold of the Adobe Reader software. If you don't have Adobe Reader 7 installed on your computer, look over Chapter 1 and follow the instructions for downloading the Adobe Reader program. As explained in Chapter 1, you need to download the complete Adobe Reader program (you don't need to purchase any software to complete the exercises in the chapters). And be certain you're using version 7 or later of Adobe Reader to follow the text and steps in this book.

You also need an Internet connection. If you download the Adobe Reader program at the office and install it at home or on another computer, be certain that you have an active Internet connection. Although high-speed connection is preferred, you can use a dial-up connection to follow the steps in the book.

The figures you see in the book are screen shots taken on Windows XP and Macintosh OS X systems. The minimum requirements for using Adobe Reader 7 or later are:

Windows

• Intel Pentium-class processor

• Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or later OR Windows XP Professional or Home Edition OR Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or greater preferred)

• 32 MB of available hard disk space

• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

Macintosh

• PowerPC G3 or later

• Mac OS X v.10.2.8 or later (Jaguar) OR v.10.3 or later (Panther)

• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or greater preferred)

• 35 MB of available hard disk space

• Internet Explorer for Mac 5.2 or later OR Apple Safari 1.2.2 or later