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Saving Acrobat PDF files
To view an Adobe Acrobat PDF file you will need the Acrobat Reader from Adobe, which is available for free from Adobe's website.
 
Here we will cover the different PDF saving options within the AIM Manual.
 A. Saving the entire AIM Manual
 B. Saving AIM Manual Pages from the table of contents
 C. Saving AIM Manual Pages from individual web pages
 
TOP OF PAGE A. Saving the entire AIM Manual
To save the entire AIM Manual in PDF form you must first click on the "Download AIM Manual" tab as shown in FIG. 1.
 
Once the download page is open, you will see two choices, as shown in FIG. 2. The first choice is instructions on how to SAVE the PDF file. The second choice displays instructions on how to VIEW the PDF file.
To save the PDF click on the link with the right mouse button (On a Mac hold down the "Ctrl" key on the keyboard and click on the link with the mouse button). A small pop-up box will appear, you will want to select "Save Target As...". If you are using Netscape you will want to choose "Save Link As...". Once you have choose this you will get a Save As dialog box, FIG. 3, that will allow you to choose the location on your computer that you would like to save the PDF to. Choose your location and click on the "Save" button.
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TOP OF PAGE B. Saving AIM Manual Pages from the table of contents
You can also save PDFs for AIM Manual pages as they are grouped by subject in the table of contents. In FIG. 4 the PDF icon is highlighted. This icon is a link to a PDF file that contains the page or pages listed just to the right of the icon. To save the PDF click on the icon with the right mouse button. (On a Mac hold down the "Ctrl" key on the keyboard and click on the link with the mouse button.) A small pop-up box will appear, you will want to select "Save Target As...". If you are using Netscape you will want to choose "Save Link As...". Once you have chosen this you will get a Save As dialog box (see FIG. 3) that will allow you to choose the location on your computer where you would like to save the PDF to. Choose your location and click on the "Save" button.
 
TOP OF PAGE C. Saving AIM Manual Pages from individual web pages
Finally, you can find a PDF of each individual page at the bottom of every web page within the AIM Manual. In FIG. 5 you will see an example of the link from the bottom of an AIM Manual page. Save this PDF file the same way stated above.
 
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