Sorry Flor, I have just been informed that I have been upgraded to XP Pro but still I have the problem opening PDF's! Perhaps if you could forward Gerr'y's post I would be grateful! Tony. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:33 AM Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Accissible Acrobat Reader > Hi Tony, > > Windows NT. Long time since I heard of that being used. (that was the > precursor to Windows 2000, which was the precursor to Windows XP > Professional, which is before ... ... you get the drift? The point being > that Acrobat Reader 8 is much more up-to-date than NT is. I don't know if > that's the real problem, but there you go. others might offer sweeter > illumination! > > Adobe Reader 8.x is the best accessible version Adobe have done so far; but > the Reader itself would not do pdf's much (if at all) further back than in > Windows Xp. Two other suggestions. Use an earlier version of Adobe/Acrobat > Reader. Be sure that the pdf is not a scanned image. > > And alternatively, you might like to download and try out on it the new kid > on the block, which Gerry Ellis's recent post has told this list of. The > new tool that Jamal Mazrui has developed - information of which I will get > you if you lost messages from here or elsewhere relevant to it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "vics" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:33 PM > Subject: [vicsireland] Accissible Acrobat Reader > > > Hi All, > > I have on one of my computers "the day one", Windows NT & Jaws 8 with > Acrobat reader 8! > > Now, it doesn't open a PDF! > It could be a problem not connectted, but perhaps not! > > What version of Acrobat should I be using and is there any other software > that I should be downloding to make Jaws 8 and Acrobat do what it should be > doing? > > Thanks. > > Have a great weekend! > > Tony. > > > >