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Installation Requirements

Windows

The minimum and recommended system requirements for using Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Adobe Reader 7.0 on Windows systems are:

• Intel Pentium processor

• Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

• Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater

• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or greater recommended)

• 510 MB of available hard disk space. Optional installation file cache requires additional 510 MB of hard disk space. Adobe Reader requires 35 MB of hard disk space

• 1,024x768 minimum screen resolution Adobe Reader requires 800x600 minimum screen resolution)

• CD-ROM drive

• Support for Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0, 6.0 SP1 and Netscape 7.1 browsers

Macintosh

The minimum and recommended system requirements for using Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Adobe Reader 7.0 on Macintosh systems:

• PowerPC G3, G4, G5 processor

• Mac OS X v.10.2.8 or 10.3

• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or greater recommended)

• 495 MB of available hard disk space; Adobe Reader 7.0 requires 35 MB of available hard disk space

• 1,024x768 minimum screen resolution; Adobe Reader 7.0 requires 800x600 screen resolution monitor

• CD-ROM drive

• Support for Safari 1.2.2 browser

Activation and Maintenance (Windows)

Acrobat 7.0 for Windows includes an activation process that is required in order to use the program. When you install the program, you are prompted to activate the software. The activation process can be done by Internet or by telephone. You can defer installation for up to 30 days after installing the program, which you can install on two computers.

If necessary, you can transfer the activation information. Choose Help > Transfer Activation and follow the steps in the dialog. You deactivate a copy of the program in order to install it elsewhere, such as when you transfer programs to a new computer.

Tools are available that you can use to help Acrobat integrate with other programs on your computer and to keep it running in top fashion:

• When installing Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows, the installation program asks if you would like to cache the program. Choose Yes to store a copy of the program on your hard drive, which comes in handy for repairing or updating your system; choose No if you don't want to use the hard-drive space for storage. The cache requires 510 MB of hard-drive space.

• If you install an application after installing Acrobat that can use a PDFMaker, choose Help > Detect and Repair from the Acrobat program menu; the PDFMaker is installed into the program automatically.