INSTRUCTIONS for Obtaining Course Material

When you try to get my notes, homework solutions, etc. you may find
you have a problem.  Most of this type of material is in the form
of a PDF file ("file".pdf).  In order to view these files you must
have the Adobe Acrobat Reader (ver. 5.0 or later), or some other program
that can read PDF files.

If you are using Homenet (from your off-campus location) or Resnet
(from the dorms) the Acrobat Reader came with the package of disks.
(This is true for the Windows version only.)
The program is on a separate disk and must be installed separately.

If you are not using Homenet or Resnet (using AOL, CompuServe, etc.)
or you don't have a disk with the Acrobat Reader you are just out of
luck.  No, not really.  This software can be downloaded without charge
by clicking on the following icon
 .

Once you have installed the Acrobat Reader you will see an icon that
says Acrobat Reader (or something similar to this).  You can then do
one of two things.

	(1)  In Netscape click on "Options" in the menu.  Then click on
	     "General Preferences".  A window will pop up with some tabs.
	     Click on "Helpers".  Then under descriptions find PDF (Portable
	     Document Format) and associate these files to the Acrobat
	     Reader program.  Then when you click on a homework solutions set,
	     notes, etc. the Acrobat Reader will be executed automatically.
	     This option is only viable on computers with > 8 Mb of memory.

		(a)  In Netscape 4.0 you would click on "Edit" in the menu.
		     Then click on "Preferences", then "Navigator" and then
		     "Applications".  Then you can set the helper application
		     for PDF files to the exectuable for the Acrobat Reader.

	(2)  If you don't have much memory (I mean your computer and not you)
	     then you will have to do the following (which may be the better
	     option in either case).  This is what I used to have to do at home
             when I had a very old slow computer with not much memory since I
	     couldn't get Netscape and Acrobat Reader to work at the same time.
	     Do NOT associate PDF files with the Acrobat Reader in Netscape.
	     Instead save the files that get "downloaded" to your hard drive or
	     a diskette.  When you are done getting what you want then exit
	     Netscape and start the Acrobat Reader.  Then you can read the files
	     without having to be logged on.  Also, this way if you have plenty of
	     disk space you will have a "permanent" copy that you can look at latter
	     in the quarter.

If you still have a problem please e-mail me directly at my e-mail address
given in the syllabus.  Good luck and get back to work.