Acrobat access

I continually am denied access to acrobat reader plug-in. I
have Win XP & have re-installed Adobe Reader 8.1 numerous times
but still no availibility to Acrobat. Any suggestions?

It's theoretically possible for a PostScript expert to write a program to do this. There's nothing offered by Adobe with Reader or even with Acrobat for VB to do this.

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         This page contains renderable text.
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    Acrobat accessibility training resources
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    A resource listing at Acrobat Users Community
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    Accessibility on demand eSeminars:
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    --| David Mankin's "Scanning and OCR"
    --| Duff Johnson's "Tech Talk: Making PDF files comply with Section 508"
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    --| Charlie Pike's "Accessibility"
    "Q&A" transcript at Lori Kassuba's AUC Blog -
    http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/lkassuba/top-questions-june-accessibility-eseminar
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    --| Navigating an Accessible PDF Document (Part 2)
    http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-tips-and-tricks/navigating-an-accessible-pdf-document-pa rt-2/
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