I am running XP home ed. How do I open a PDF file?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 08 Apr 2005 11:59 PDT

Hi russ425,

You need to download Adobe Acrobat if you don't already have it. If
you do have it, you should be able to open and read PDF files.


Adobe Acrobat can be downloaded for free here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


Let me know if that helps.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Contrary to the above answer you dont NEED adobe acrobat reader.  I
would recommend that if you plan on viewing .PDF files in a browser
however i have two other options available for you.

GSview. (this needs ghost script to work)

first install ghostscript at this site

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get850.htm

download the one that says      
gs850w32.exe, AFPL Ghostscript 8.50 for Win32 10297856 bytes 

You can also get ghostview from this site right below that... it says

     gsv47w32.exe, GSview 4.7 for Win32 1518080 bytes 

First install Ghost script then Ghostview... Ghostview will be the
actual one that views the files... but this has the added benefit of
opening .PS ad .EPS files.

The other option is ACDC... im not sure about the name or a site...
however it works like Microsoft paint in some ways, but doesnt work
too well with these files.

I personally recommend GhostView over Adobe Acrobat... but it will
take some getting used to

Actually i found ACDSee... 

http://www.acdsystems.com/English/index.htm