Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
DoD Financial Management Regulation

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DoD Financial Management Regulation

Installing Acrobat Reader for Netscape Navigator on PCs

Netscape is able to automatically launch "helper applications" when you click on certain types of files. For this Comptroller site, Adobe Acrobat files have been included to present the DoD Financial Management Regulations. In order to properly view the files, Netscape must be configured to launch the Acrobat Reader.

If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free copy can be downloaded from Adobe. Instructions for downloading are included at the Adobe site.

  1. Download Acrobat Reader Software.
  2. Double click the file that you just downloaded to start the installation process.
  3. Click the Next buttons to install the software with default settings.
  4. Click the Finish button when the Acrobat reader setup is complete.

The default installation settings should automatically install the components that allow Netscape Navigator to display PDF files. When you click on the chapters listed for each regulation, the Acrobat Reader should automatically start and open the appropriate document file.

For troubleshooting options, please see Adobe's Support information.

Installing Acrobat Reader for Netscape Navigator on Macintosh

  1. Start the Netscape Communicator program by double clicking on the program icon. Select Navigator.
  2. Click once on the Edit menu item and then click on the Preferences item. This will open a window. Under the Catagory window click on Navigator Applications. This will open a window containing all the user manipulated configurations for Netscape.
  3. Click on the New. This will bring up a window of Edit type.
  4. In the Description area type Acrobat.
    In the Extension area type pdf.
    In the Mime Type area type application/pdf.
  5. For the Application to use click on Browse. Scroll through the list of all applications until you see one entitled Acrobat Reader. Click once on Acrobat. Click on open.
  6. When the configuration is set, click the OK button to save the changes and to exit from the "Preferences" edit dialogue box. When you click on the chapters listed for each regulation, the Acrobat Reader should automatically start and open the appropriate document file.

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