Note*
- Adobe Reader must be installed on your PC to
view PDF documents. Click
here to download a free version of Adobe
Reader.
If
you encounter the error "Error reading
linearized hint data", when trying to view
Adobe PDF files, see below for details on how to
correct this.
Adobe
Reader Errors
Why do I get "Error
reading linearized hint data" when I try to
open a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat Reader 5?
If you are using Internet
Explorer or Netscape to go to a URL containing a
PDF file, you may get an error message,
"Error reading linearized hint data"
when you try to open some PDF files using Adobe
Acrobat Reader. You can correct this
problem in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 by doing the
following: Open the Adobe Acrobat Reader, click
Edit, click Preferences, click General (if
required), click Options, uncheck "Allow
Fast Web View.", and click OK to save
the changes.

Why do I
get "Error reading linearized hint
data" when I try to open a PDF file using
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6?
If you are using Internet
Explorer or Netscape to go to a URL containing a
PDF file, you may get an error message,
"Error reading linearized hint data"
when you try to open some PDF files using Adobe
Acrobat Reader. You can correct this
problem in Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 by doing the
following: Open the Adobe Acrobat Reader, click
Edit, click Preferences, select
"Internet" in the table on the left,
uncheck "Allow Fast Web View.",
and click OK to save the changes.