Software for creating and viewing pdf files. Includes tools for conversion between ps and pdf files.
Instructions for Use
acroread is the free Abobe pdf viewer which is installed on both the
Suns and the SGIs. Saving a file with acroread produces
a Postscript file.
Acrobat is the Adobe software package for creating, editing, distilling and
reading pdf files - Acrobat is installed only on the Suns and is V3.0.
The executables are:
acroexch - For creating and editing PDF files
distill - For converting postscript files into a PDF document.
acroread - As described above
acroread is located in /usr/local/bin
This is version 4.05 and is installed on both the Suns & SGIs
To run type: acroread file.pdf
acroexch & distill (Acrobat3.0) executables are installed in /usr/local/bin
on the Suns.
The package is installed in /usr/local/pkg/Acrobat3/.
Documentation
On-line Manual in PDF format
Press Help => "Reader Guide" to the right on the menu when using
acroread
Press Help => "Distiller" or "Exchange" or "Search" On-line Guide
to read any of these guides when using acroexch.