Certain builds for Netscape, Internet Explorer, and
AOL do not properly display embedded PDF files within
the browser. Instead they may display a blank screen,
or an error message, or a blank screen with a small
document icon in the corner.
Examples of these error messages include "File
does not begin with '%PDF-'" and "Error
reading xref entry."
Adobe recommends getting around this by configuring
Acrobat Reader as a helper application rather than
as a plugin. For help doing this, please refer to
Acrobat's help file or visit the Adobe
website.
You may also want to make sure you have the latest
available version of the Reader software.
Large files can take a long time to download
Some of the files available are several megabytes
in size. Network congestion or a slow link may make
it seem that things have "frozen" and are
not proceeding.
You can check
the network between your machine and standards.ieee.org
to see if there is any obvious congestion.
You can also check, on your computer, where you have
told the application to save the file being downloaded,
to see if it is growing in size.
