RE: Guesswork - Chris?

I know that one!

Cause 99.9 percent of all operating systems can open it.... and it has a
free reader availability. .. Universal so to speak!

Add to that- the formatting holds on all the OS also.

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:37 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Guesswork - Chris?
> 
> What I meant [now it's my turn :)] is why does anyone, such as
> government agencies, use it to begin with?
> 
> On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
> Center wrote:
> 
> > It's not that Acrobat has APPEAL, it's that you need it to open .pdf
> > files.
> > It was my assumption that recently written .pdf files might require a
> > newer
> > version, so maybe I should update it.  Haven't run into the problem
> > yet, but
> > then I don't open all that many .pdfs.
> >
> > Besides, this requirement of a pentium procesor has me boggled - it's
> > the
> > second time I've run across it.  That's my real question.
> >
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Guesswork - Chris?
> >
> >
> >> Doesn't answer your question, but what's the appeal of Acobat? I find
> >> it to be a royal pain--and yet another barrier to downloading
> >> information.
> >>
> >> On Nov 17, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
> >> Center wrote:
> >>
> >>> I use my dad's computer at work (he died last year)  It has Acrobat
> >>> Reader
> >>> 3.0 on it.  I've got 5 or 6 on mine at home.  I thought I might go
> >>> ahead and
> >>> upgrade it, so I went to Adobe's free downloads and found system
> >>> requirements for Acrobat 4.0.5, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0.1, 6.0.2 all require
> >>> Pentium
> >>> processors.  The most recent version that does not require a Pentium
> >>> is the
> >>> one that's already on his computer, 3.0
> >>>
> >>> I posed this question once b4 for something else (though I don't
> >>> recall what
> >>> it was) and Donna said she didn't think it mattered that my dad's
> >>> computer
> >>> is not a Pentium (it's a Celeron).   One might say, oh go ahead and
> >>> try it,
> >>> waht could it hurt? But I think it can pose problems.
> >>>
> >>> A year ago I had to renew my Norton AV.  It asked if I wanted to
> >>> upgrade to
> >>> the one that included anti-spyware, so I did.  Well, now, every time
> >>> I
> >>> turn
> >>> on my computer I get weird messages alluding to the possibility that
> >>> my AV
> >>> can't work, or something about Fat 32s , or some other nonsense.  It
> >>> still
> >>> updates my virus protection ( a lot more often than I ask it to), but
> >>> it's
> >>> just another screwup I'm not happy about.  They didn't show any
> >>> requirements
> >>> or indicate my computer might not meet them.
> >>>
> >>> so.  Do I download Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 w/out a Pentium?  I do meet
> >>> the
> >>> other reqs.
> >>>
> >>> kitty
> >>>
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