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
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file without search is 5.6 MB and takes around 20 minutes
to download on a 56 kps modem):
How to Customize Adobe Acrobat
How to Access Publications using Adobe Acrobat
If you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader program on your personal
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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
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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.
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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
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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
Size of File (KB) | Download Time 56 Kps |
Download Time 33 Kps |
Family History Title |
4,225 KB | 16.9 minutes | 28.7 minutes | Brooks Family History |
4,039 KB | 17.3 minutes | 29.4 minutes | Bryan Family History |
3,003 KB | 12.9 minutes | 21.8 minutes | Casey Family History |
3,474 KB | 15.1 minutes | 25.7 minutes | Olliff Family History |
3,595 KB | 16.7 minutes | 28.3 minutes | Pace Family History |
4,265 KB | 17.6 minutes | 29.9 minutes | Shelton Family History |
3,092 KB | 13.5 minutes | 22.8 minutes | Stevenson Family History |
1,658 KB | 7.12 minutes | 12.1 minutes | Thede Family History |
4,102 KB | 16.7 minutes | 28.4 minutes | Wininger Family History |
21,044 KB | 85.7 minutes | 145.7 minutes | All of the Above |