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can you have two versions of Adobe Acrobat?

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by raingirlIT, 2006/06/22.

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    raingirlIT

    raingirlIT Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have the full version of adobe acrobat 5.0 (had to buy for school many years ago). I find it very slow when loading up PDF's in my internet browsers.

    I was wondering, if I upgrade my adobe acrobat reader to the current version (7.0) will that be the one that opens when I click on PDF file links? Also, will I still be able to create PDFs in Word with 5.0? Can I have both?
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    I have the 6.0 reader and 5.0 full version on one machine.

    5.0 Version is the default and open pdf's automatically. I'd imagine there would be a way to change it via file associations..

    Course the speed at which the pdf's open is greatly affected by band width and the server on the other end...
     
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    Rockster2U

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    As Steve referenced the answer is yes. I have 5.0 full and 7.07 Reader and have changed file associations so 7.07 opens PDF's but can use full capabilities of 5.0 for editing, filling out forms and overwriting. Haven't hit any hiccups yet and it has stopped the occasional IE crash caused by 5.0 incompatability with newer PDF's.

    ;)
     
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