Adobe Acrobat Versions of Family Histories

The Adobe Acrobat versions of these publications are redundant with the HTML versions available at this web site. When compared with the HTML versions, the Acrobat versions are far superior in appearance and provide excellent printer output. HTML is quite crude in functionality when compared to the Acrobat versions. Acrobat is is EXACTLY what is printed and displayed. HTML is the best fit that Ventura Publisher can produce within the limited functionality of HTML. Also, the response time to load any page is five to ten times faster than HTML files. This is because HTML downloads a chapter (50 KB to 100 K) at a time whereas Acrobat downloads only one page (usually (5 KB to 10 KB). Do you part in reducing Internet traffic congestion by requesting only information that you need.

How to Download and Install Adobe Acrobat

How to Customize Adobe Acrobat

How to Access Publications using Adobe Acrobat

How to Download Acrobat Publications for offline viewing

Estimates for Download Times of Acrobat Publications

How to Download and Install Adobe Acrobat

In order to maximize stability of your browser program and plug-in programs (Acrobat Reader and others), you should upgrade about once every year. Even more important, when you upgrade either a plug-in or your browser, the browser and plug-ins should all be upgraded at the same time. As of November 15, 2000, Netscape Navigator is at V4.76 and the Adobe Acrobat Reader is at V4.05c. To verify your current release levels:

For Netscape Navigator: "Help - About Communicator" will display the current release level.

For Adobe Acrobat Reader: "Help - About Acrobat Reader" will display the current release level (that long number at the top left corner should start with 4.05c).

If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader program on your personal computer, it can be downloaded from the Internet (the reader install file without search is 5.6 MB and takes around 20 minutes to download on a 56 kps modem):

Adobe Acrobat Download Site

How to Customize Adobe Acrobat

How to Access Publications using Adobe Acrobat

If you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader program on your personal computer, then you are ready to access the publication. But before you head out and access these Adobe Acrobat files, a warning is order that this technology is leading edge (providing really neat features) but is also fragile and requires special attention to some customization. If you take these steps, you will have a more enjoyable and productive experience in using these files. Even though you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, review the installation and customization section, as you probably do not have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat and you probably do not have your Acrobat Reader properly customized as required.

List of Books (Adobe Acrobat Versions)

How to Download Acrobat Publications for offline viewing

There are two ways to download Adobe Acrobat publication files:

1) On the page that has the links to the Adobe Acrobat file, right click on link, choose "Save Link As" and then pick a directory where you want to save the file.

2) Once the Adobe Acrobat file is opened, go to "File - Save As" in your browser, select "Save As" and pick a directory where you want to save the file.

Unfortunately, you will be saving these files at normal Internet transfer (HTTP) speeds that are much slower than File Transfer Protocol (FTP). File Transfer Program capability is not available with my current web service. These files are very large and may take over one hour to download, therefore, only download these files if you feel that you want these files on your computer. Also, these files will be updated every three to six months requiring additional downloads to keep current. Downloading of these files dramatically increase the traffic at this web site and may have to restricted in the future. Having these files on your computer will save time on the Internet and will make this information available offline and can be put on a laptop computer for usage on research trips.

The Adobe Acrobat PDF files are very large and could require up to one hour to download (14,440 bps modem). Download times for "Estimates for Download Times" are best case using 33,000 bps modems and 56,000 bps modems and are dependent on the file size of the Acrobat publication. Most download times will be 20 to 30 percent more time than shown below because of distance to local phone switches, how many systems between your Internet Service Provider and this web site, speed of your Internet Service Provider web servers and many other factors that influence Internet performance. With a 56,000 bps modem, the download times would be fairly accurate unless you have trouble getting fast connection from a remote location. At a business site or government site that has a T1 connection (1.54 Mbps), the download times average around 400,000 bps (50 K bytes per second), all publications takes one minute or less to download.

Estimates for Download Times of Acrobat Publications

Estimates for Download Times of Acrobat Publications