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NetLibrary for Macs

The majority of the NetLibrary eBooks are formatted in PDF or HTML. The titles formatted in PDF require Adobe Acrobat 7 or higher unless you are using a Mac. The current Adobe Acrobat versions for the Mac do not work with NetLibrary PDF formatted titles unless a third-party application is also used.

Mac users are advised to:

• Use the Shubert|it PDF Browser Plugin rather than Adobe Acrobat with NetLibrary. This is a third-party plugin that supports in-browser viewing of PDF files.
• Do not use the Safari web browser with NetLibrary.

Using Safari the content of NetLibrary PDFs will briefly flash on the screen and then it will disappear; at other times you just see a blank page and no flash of the cover photo or text. NetLibrary believe this is due to a 2005 software upgrade in OS X or Safari.
Using Adobe will usually display the content in it's own window rather than in the browser window, and some NetLibrary functionality may be missing.

Shubert|it PDF Browser Plugin

The PDF files used by NetLibrary are compatible with the Mozilla, Firefox, Camino, Opera, Netscape, and Internet Explorer web browsers using the Schubert|it PDF Browser Plugin.

1. Download PDF Browser Plugin 2 from http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/
2. Open the .dmg file you download, then copy PDF Browser Plugin.plugin to the Hard drive > Library > Internet Plug-Ins folder.
3. If Adobe Reader 7 or QuickTime are set to handle PDFs, they will override the PDF Browser Plugin:
   • Open Adobe Reader > Preferences > Internet > uncheck "Display PDF in browser using: Adobe Reader 7"
   • With QuickTime you are only able to see the first page of a PDF. If you encounter this,open System Preferences > QuickTime preferences > Plug-In pane> click in MIME settings > ensure that under "Images - Still image files", PDF image is turned off.
4. PDF Browser Plugin 2 should now work with Mozilla, Firefox, Camino, Opera, and Netscape without additional set up.
   • Internet Explorer needs additional set up; see below.
   • If problems are encountered in Firefox, see the section for that browser, below.
5. Select Educational use only at the Order PDF Browser Plugin 2 dialog box, leaving the other boxes blank, when viewing PDFs in PDF Browser Plugin 2.
6. The full text will be displayed.

Internet Explorer set-up

To configure IE to use the Schubert|it plugin:

1. Click Explorer > Preferences >: Receiving Files > File Helpers > Add
2. Fill out the Edit File Helper window as shown: Description: Adobe PDF files
   Extension: PDF
   MIME type: Application/PDF
   File type: .PDF
   File creator: CARO
   How to handle: View with Plug-in
   Plug-in name: PDF Browser Plugin.plugin
   Download to: Prompt

Firefox set-up

When you first use NetLibrary on a Macintosh with Firefox, it may not be configured properly to handle the content. If a working PDF plugin is not installed or properly configured, you will get a dialog box which says:

Opening nlReader.dll
You have chosen to open nlReader.dll
which is a: Windows DLL
from: http://www.netlibrary.com
What should Firefox do with this file?
Open with (Choose...)
Save to Disk
Do this automatically for files like this from now on.

1. Ensure that the Schubert|it plugin or Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 or above is installed.
2. Click Choose and go to either:
   • Library > Internet Plug-Ins and select PDF Browser Plugin.plugin,
   • Hard drive > Applications > Adobe folder and select the Adobe application.
3. Click OK.
4. If you are using the Shubert|it plugin it will open in the same browser window in Firefox. If you are using Adobe Reader 7 the document will open in its own window.