Netscape Navigator (4.x and above for Win95, 98 and 2000)

• Pull down Options, General Preferences, tab on Helpers.
• Check if it is already listed, look for application/pdf on the left side. If not, click on Create New Type. For Mimetype, put: application, for Mime SubType, put: pdf and click OK.
• Make sure application/pdf is highlighted in the list of File types. If Extensions is blank, type in pdffor File Extension.
• The default Action is Ask User. Change to Launch the Application. This makes the browser automatically view pdf files from the web.
• Click the browse button to find the executable file on your local machine, and enter the path in the text box, for example C:\Acroread\Acroread.exe
• Click OK to save changes.

Internet Explorer (4.x and above for Win95, 98 and 2000)

• Pull down menu View, go to Options.
• Tab to Programs.
• Under Viewers, click on File Types.
• There is a list of "Registered file types." (alphabetical order)
• Look for portable document format.
• If not there already:, click on New Type.
• Click on Change Icon and browse to find the Acroread icon file. (For example, C:\Acroread\)
• Fill in Description of type: Portable Document Format
• Fill in Associated extension (MIME): pdf
• Fill in Content_Type: application/pdf
• Then, click on Actions: New
• Under Action, type: open example, C:\Acroread\acroread.exe)
• Default Extension should be filled in as .pdf.
• Click on OK a number of times for all the open dialog boxes, but look for the Set Default button and click on that before closing all the way.