How to install the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader

Open your web browser program and go to the web site www.adobe.com.

Once you have opened the Adobe web page click on 

The next page will ask you in “Step 1 of 2” to select the Language, Platform (Windows XP, Windows 2000, etc.) and Connection Speed.  After making the appropriate selections, proceed to “Step 2 of 2”.  The usual selections are “English”, “Windows XP” and “Broadband”

Under Step 2 of 2, here you will want to unselect all of the checked boxes by click on each box with a “check mark”.  Your screen should look like this screen below.

Next click on the “Continue” icon and then the “Download” icon on the next page.  You will be prompted to “Open” or “Save” file.  We recommend that you save the file in a place that you can remember so that if you need to re-install it later you will not have to download the file again.  The example below is saving the file in “My Documents”

Next, you should go to the place that you saved the file (in this example it is “My Documents”) and double click on the file name or icon.  This should start the install process and may take couple of minutes. 

You should next see the Adobe Reader 7.0 Set Up screen.  Click on the “Next” button on the following three screens and then “Install” on the fourth.  When the program has been successfully installed click the “Finish” button and you will be done.