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Adobe Acrobat 11 is available from the EECS department for both Windows and Mac operating systems.

To install on a Mac:

Connect to the macsww server starting from the Go tab in the top bar and choose Connect to Server (For details see Accessing home, project, MacSWW:

Type smb://macsww.ecs.berkeley.edu/macsww for the server address and click Connect.

Locate Acrobat XI Installer 11.0.pkg under Intel/Adobe and drag it to your desktop. Double-click on the icon and follow the guided installation instructions. This should take you less than 5 minutes to install.

To install on a PC:

Connect to \\winsww\sww\public. Drill down through ‘Adobe/Windows/Acrobat CC2014x32’ or ‘x64’ depending on your system.

Click forward and select whichever version you need in the next window, e.g., Acrobat CC2014x64.

From there, click forward to Build and then choose the Windows Installer Package.

Guided installation instructions appear when you click on the Installer Package. This takes a bit longer than installing Acrobat on a mac.