How do I view/print a PDF or PostScript file?

Note: If you can view PDF/PostScript files, go back.

Many of the files that can be downloaded from my WWW pages are PDF or PostScript files. I use these formats because they look great and are cross-format display languages (i.e., looks the same on Macintosh, DOS, Windows, OS2 and Unix computers).

PDF

You can view and print PDF files with Acrobat Reader (it can also view and print postscript files). Acrobat Reader is freeware and can be obtained from the following website:
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Postscript

You can also view/print postcript (and PDF) files with a shareware PostScript viewer that you can download and install on your machine.

• GhostScript For future reference the URL is: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
• Ghostview For future reference the URL is: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.html.

PLEASE NOTE: If you try to open (i.e., view) a PDF or PostScript file in a word processor (e.g., MS Word, WordPerfect, etc.) or an ASCII editor, it will look like jumbled garbage.