Open your Web Browser. Under the File menu, choose Open. If you do not have the application associated with a given file on the CD-ROM, then the Macintosh will not open that file. If you have an application which you think should be able to open that file, open the application first, then attempt to open the file from within the application. Global search of the CD-ROM does not work.
Acrobat reader needs to know where the search index is located the first time a search is made.