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Acrobat 5.0.5 installed on Athena for Sun, Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Wed May 29 19:14:42 2002
Message-Id: <200205292314.TAA04170@dit.mit.edu>
To: tbelton@MIT.EDU, wdc@MIT.EDU
cc: alexp@MIT.EDU, facdev@MIT.EDU, cwis-dev@MIT.EDU, release-team@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:14:38 -0400
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
Hi,
I've just installed Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 for Suns and Linux machines.
To run it now:
add acro; acroread -ver 5.0.5
or
add acro_v5.0.5; acroread
I'm inclined to switch the default to this release within the next day or
two, unless anyone objects; we can't easily test it as a Netscape helper-app
until I do. If there are major problems I can revert to the older version.
One issue, from the installation README:
Netscape 6.0
Acrobat Reader 5.x supports Netscape 4.x and installs a plug-in to
work with this browser. This plug-in enables users to download, view,
navigate and print Adobe PDF files, and to fill in PDF forms while
working inside the browser. With Netscape 6.0, Acrobat Reader 5.x
works only as a helper application. PDF files must be downloaded in
their entirety before they can be viewed. Also, with Netscape 6.0, PDF
forms cannot be filled in when viewed within the Browser.
Also, there is no SGI version now (and I wouldn't be surprised if there
will never be)- so the SGI default will need to stay at 4.0.5.
Alex
