# .PDF files?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-files/54102>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 12, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-files/54102 "2001-02-12T03:21:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-files/54102/1 "2001-02-12T03:21:32Z")

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Anyone know what these are? And how to open one?

My kids lost the instructions to their “Life” game, so I went to the Milton-Bradley website, and found out I could DL the instructions, but it DL’d a file with an extension called .PDF.  
I can’t open it. My puter says it does not have a reader for this type of file.

I emailed the company help center, but it’s been a few days and I haven’t heard back yet.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Live\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Live\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-files/54102/2 "2001-02-12T03:27:30Z")

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It’s “Portable Document Format,” readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download the free software here:

[http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html](http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)

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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-files/54102/3 "2001-02-12T13:35:01Z")

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Thanks, Live Octopus!  
😃