24/8/2005:
(a pdf document) To
view pdf
documents, you must
I
)first have the right browser: Netscape
7.2, not the newer Netscape Browser 8.
II )
download the Adobe Acrobat Reader from
www.adobe.com
Then,
1) make a copy of the Reader's nppdf32.dll
in the
"Browser" folder within Acrobat 6.01's "Reader" subfolder:
double click Acrobat 6.01; then double click
"Reader;" then " open "Browser" folder. In it you'll find nppdf32.dll . Make a copy of it.
2) Insert a copy of the
Reader's nppdf32.dll
into your netscape's
plug-in folder.
24/8/2005:
But if there is no onger any nppdf32.dll
in the
"Browser" folder within Acrobat 6.01's "Reader"
subfolder, 1)
the newer Netscape browsers usually has as its default
application "AcroExch." Netscape should automaticcally open
up pdf files. If not, activate it by going to Netscape's
Edit---->
preferences ----> select "Helper Applications.
Select in the "file types" box, the file called "application/acroexch"
Then, click on "OK"
2)
If the newer Netscape browsers does not have as its default application
"AcroExch,"
install your Acrobat Reader as follows:
1) Open up Netscape's
Edit---->
preferences ----> select "Helper Applications---->
click
"New types" ------> in the box MIME type,
enter "Application," ----> in the box "Description",
enter "apd" (which stands for Adobe portable
document), -----> in the box Extension: enter "pdf "
2) Select the
line with "Open it with."
3)
Click "choose."
4) Go to the
file on your computer hard drive where the Adobe Reader application is
located and select it: in Reader, select the red and
white AcroRd32
5)
Click "OK."