If you are on the Wellesley College network, with access to the file servers and using a Macintosh:

• Locate the NTM server by opening the Chooser, then by selecting Science Center as a zone, then NTM, then Community.
• You will see a number of folders. Select and open the Mac folder. Open the Dormnet folder. Open PowerPCs or Older Macs depending on which computer you use. (Within the PowerPCs folder you will see two folders. One is called Open Transport Power PCs, the other Non-open Transport Power PCs. You can select either.)
• You will see a number of folders. Find the one called Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01 and copy the folder to your own computer by dragging it to your hard drive icon. This will copy your folder to your hard drive.
• You can now close the file server windows.
• Find the Adobe Acrobat Reader folder, and open it. Double click on the Installer. Follow the directions given.
• Once the program is installed, you ready to read PDF documents.
• If you are a faculty or staff member and have problems, contact the Helpdesk. If you are a student and have problems, contact your Dormnet consultant. Cluster computers should have this software already installed.

If you are on the Wellesley College network and using a PC with access to the fileservers.

• For a PC, locate NTM in your Network Neighborhood, then open the Community, Windows95, and Win95 folders. Copy the acroread folder to your hard drive's Download directory.
• Install the program by clicking on the file which ends with .exe
• If you are a faculty or staff member and have problems, contact the Helpdesk. If you are a student and have problems, contact your Dormnet consultant. Cluster computers should have this software already installed.

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