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CD authoring

07Forum
Registered: Feb 1 2007
Posts: 2

How can I run Reader 8.0 from a CD catalog and override whatever is installed on the user's computer?

My Product Information:
Reader 8, Windows
tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
You can purchase a low cost 3rd party utility that will examine a user's computer and look for Adobe Reader. If Reader is not installed on the user's computer, a dialog box opens and prompts the user to install Reader from your CD. You can distribute Adobe Reader as long as you follow Adobe's licensing agreements.

If Reader is installed, the file you identify as the opening file opens in Adobe Reader.

Search the Internet for 3rd party tools that crate autorun files.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.