Visual Themes

As an "gift" for upgrading I received, from the Adobe website a zip file entitled 4 Elements Visual Themes for Acrobat X.zip with four .swf file which are, I hope, related to creating portfolios in Acrobat X. However, opening the .zip, there is no indication where I should place the .swf files. Any ideas? tks....

Have a look at these links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCR6HBPmxJA
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/adding-themes
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/creating-custom-pdf-portfolio-themes-for-adobe-acrobat -x

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