[X Newbies] Making PDF files readable in v5.0 for 9

[Kevin Stevens]

> On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 01:45:28PM -0500, TheMacintoshLady wrote:
> It depends on what OS X app created the PDF files.  Some apps (I'm
> guessing things like Adobe Acrobat) will set the type & creator codes
> ("PDF" and "CARO" respectively) that OS 9 looks for.  If that's the
> case, then you need do nothing.
>
> If those PDF files do not have the .pdf filename extension, OS 9 will
> have no idea that those files are PDF files.  If they do have the .pdf
> filename extension but do not have the type & creator codes set, use the
> old OS 9 Internet control panel (aka Internet Config) to map ".pdf" to
> Adobe Acrobat.

Would that be the same issue with .pdf files created on any non-OS9
version of Acrobat (Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc.)?

KeS