Ed Zivkovic

If you are just getting into Internet marketing or are simply surfing around looking for information, you will eventually want to download and read some PDF files.

The best way to identify a PDF file before you download is to hover your mouse over the link, then check the bottom left hand corner of your web browser (Status Bar) to see if the link ends in .pdf

Check The Status Bar

Downloading PDF Files To Your Hard Drive

Right-Mouse Click on the download link and select Save Target As... from the menu.

Save Target As...

The Right-Mouse Click is also known to be the Alternate Mouse Click. The Alternate Mouse Click is operated from the opposite mouse button that is regularly used.

After you have Right-Mouse Clicked, a window will appear. From this window, navigate to the location you want to save the file to, then click the Save button.

Select Folder and Save

After this the file will begin to download to your computer.

You can download other files like .zip and .exe in this way as well.

Demo PDF To Try Out The Above Steps

Here is a demo link which points to a PDF file.

What Is A PDF File?

PDF stands for Portable Document File. Users generally know these files to be called eBooks, reports, white papers etc. Learn more about this.

Your computer will need to have a PDF reader in order to open these files. Many modern computers today already have a PDF Reader installed which means that you can simply double-click the PDF file icon to read the contents.

Here is an example PDF icon as it would appear on a computer which has Adobe PDF Reader installed:

Example PDF Icon

Free Adobe PDF Readers

FREE PDF readers are available from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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