No. The beta (prerelease demo version) of Adobe Acrobat Viewer can be run only as an application, due to limitations of the virtual machines that are bundled with Netscape Navigator. Additional details on running the viewer as an applet will be made available when the product is ready for final distribution.

The recommended Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.1.8. Download JDK 1.1.8.

No. This release doesn't support running the viewer as a browser plug-in. Adobe will consider providing support for this in a future release.

The Adobe Acrobat Viewer is a Java application that lets you view Portable Document Format (PDF) files on any system where a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is installed. If you already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you won't need Acrobat Viewer. But if there is no version of Acrobat Reader available for your system, and you have a JVM installed, then Acrobat Viewer is for you. Software developers can use Acrobat Viewer as an application, applet, or JavaBean.

The beta (prerelease demo of the application version) is available now for you to download and evaluate. The final version of the Acrobat Viewer will be available for licensing and distribution later this summer. For details on availability, e-mail Adobe at javaviewerlicensing@adobe.com.

No. Adobe Reader is a stand-alone application that you can use to open, view, search, and print PDF files, such as those created by Adobe Acrobat or Adobe LiveCycle software.

Standard output from the applet viewer's applets goes to a file; in recent versions of the JDK you can specify this file's location with the statement: SET JAVA_WEBLOGS=C:\JAVAOS2 adjusting the directory as needed. But the newest (July 2) version of the JDK also allows you to use the same -cons option as with javapm. Check to make sure there is no trailing slash on the statement. The applet viewer does not like this slash and will refuse to create or use the directory.

Adobe Acrobat is software for the creation of Acrobat (.pdf) files. These files store documents with all their original formatting and fonts intact - regardless of the software used to creat the document and on which platform (Windows, Mac. etc) With the free Acrobat Reader, these documents can be viewed and printed either 'live' online (using the Acrobat Reader Plugin for your web browser) or downloaded for later use.

You can download a free copy of the software at www.adobe.com. Look for the Acrobat product and follow the directions for downloading. The online application has been tested on most of the newest browsers (Opera, Mozilla, FireFox, EI and Netscape. If you encounter problems, we recommend downloading the latest version of your browser. If this fails, please contact us for further assistance at [email address] or [phone]. Some fields are deliberately restricted in space.

The Acrobat eBook Reader runs on any laptop or desktop PC running Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 and on Macintosh computers running Mac OS 9.x or later — but unfortunately Mac OS X is not yet supported in either Classic or native mode. There's no need to buy any special hardware to read eBooks.

The Adobe Reader runs on any laptop or desktop PC running Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP . There's no need to buy any special hardware to download and print music from wordmusicnow.com.

You need to upgrade to the newest version of Adobe Acrobat, which is free to download for both PC and Mac. If you still have the problem, you need to completely remove/uninstall Adobe Acrobat from your computer, then restart your computer and go download the new version from the link above.