1-800-Filetax Acrobat Help Page
First time visitors
to Filetax, Internal Revenue Service and most tax sites will need a copy
of the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader. While other formats are available, Filetax has chosen
PDF as the format for the forms available through and from our site. Acrobat
works on a wide range of computer platforms, including Macintosh and Windows.
If you don't already have it, you can download and install the appropriate
version for your computer from the link below. This DOWNLOAD link
will provide the Acrobat Reader installer application named "ACROREAD.EXE".
You may need to use the "Save Next Link As..." or "Save
to Disk" functions of your Web browser. Make sure your browser is
configured for download. Most browsers will not allow you to read or view
a PDF file and print as well. Check the setup instructions for your browser..
Run ACROREAD.EXE
and follow the installation instructions that appear on the screen. The
installation procedure will ask you to read and accept the Electronic End
User License Agreement.
Here is some help on
how to integrate the Acrobat Reader as an external viewer or "helper
application" for:
You can follow similar
steps with other Web browser applications. Note that "application/pdf"
is the official assigned MIME type for PDF documents the file format
used by Adobe Acrobat software.
We are making the
Reader available via the Adobe Limited License Agreement. You may make
unlimited copies of the Acrobat Reader 3.0 software (for Macintosh,
Windows, SPARC, SGI, and HP platforms) and give copies to other persons
or entities as long as the copies contain the Electronic End User License
Agreement and the same copyright and other proprietary notices that appear
on or in the Software. The license agreement, copyright notices, and other
notices are contained in the installer program, so as long as you do not
alter the installer program in any way you will be in compliance.
