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NSW Health Surveys 1997 and 1998
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How to read PDF files
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Portable Document Format (PDF) files, which are also sometimes known as "Acrobat" files, provide a method of publishing
high quality electronic images or replicas of printed pages in a form which can be accessed on many different types of
computers.
The most satisfactory method of reading PDF files is to use the free Acrobat Reader software provided by Adobe Inc. This
software is available in versions which run on Windows (all versions), Apple Macintosh (all versions), Linux and some Unix systems.
The most recent versions of this software are available from this page
on the the Adobe Systems Web site and if you have access to the Internet we recommend that you download the free Acrobat Reader
software from there.
However, if you do not have an Internet connection (for instance if you are accessing this page via the NSW Health intranet or
from a CD-ROM), you can download versions of the free Acrobat Reader software for Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Apple Macintosh
and Linux operating systems from the links below on this page.
If you would prefer to use free, open source software to view the PDF files available in the online Report of the 1997 and 1998 NSW Health Surveys,
we recommend either GhostScript (with the GSview or Ghostview user interfaces) or Xpdf.
Requirements for installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader software
The requirements for installing the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat reader software on Windows, Apple Macintosh or Linux computers
are set out below. Note that versions of the Adobe Acrobat reader software for Windows 3.1 and older Apple 68K Macintoshes are also available
and can be downloaded from the Adobe Web site or from this page.
Windows operating systems
| i486™ or Pentium® processor-based personal computer |
| Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later |
| 10 MB of available RAM on Windows 95 and Windows 98 (16 MB recommended) |
| 16 MB of available RAM on Windows NT (24 MB recommended) |
| 10 MB of available hard-disk space |
| 50 MB of additional hard-disk space for Asian fonts (required for Acrobat Reader 4.0 CD-ROM, otherwise optional) |
Apple Macintosh computers
| Apple Power Macintosh or compatible computer |
| Mac OS software version 7.1.2 or later |
| 3.5 MB of available RAM (8 MB recommended) |
| 12.5 MB of available hard-disk space |
| 50 MB of additional hard-disk space for Asian fonts (required for Acrobat Reader 4.0 CD-ROM, otherwise optional) |
Linux operating systems
| Red Hat Linux® 5.1 or later (non-glibc versions) or Slackware Linux 2.0 or later (non-glibc versions) |
| 32 MB of available RAM |
| 12 MB of available hard-disk space |
The most recent versions of this software are available from this page
on the the Adobe Systems Web site and if you have access to the Internet we recommend that you download the free Acrobat Reader
software from there.
Windows operating systems
After the download is complete:
1. Double-click the newly downloaded file.
2. Follow the instructions on your screen.
If there is a failure at any point during the installation of Acrobat
Reader, the installer performs a complete uninstall. For this reason,
it is important not to close the installer application by clicking its
close box in the upper right corner of the background window
after clicking the "Thank You" dialog box that appears at the end
of the installation. If you wait for a second or two, the installer will
automatically close the background windows after the installation
is complete.
Apple Macintosh computers
After the download is complete:
1.The file you download will be expanded to a self-extracting
archive. If your Web browser isn't configured to
automatically launch an application such as StuffIt
Expander(TM) to expand .hqx or .bin files (which is
available as a freeware product and is distributed with
Netscape(TM) Navigator(TM) 3.0 or later ), you'll need to
manually launch an application to expand the downloaded
file to produce Reader 4.05 Installer.
2.Double-click the file. (Note: This will cause all current Mac
applications to quit.)
3.Follow the instructions on your screen.
Linux operating systems
After the download is complete:
1.Double-click the newly downloaded .tar file.
2.Uncompress or gunzip the file.
3.Untar the file and read the text file for installation steps.
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