Allows documents to be displayed and printed with full formatting intact - this is called PDF or Portable Document Format. Photographs, detailed typesetting and layout, tables, and illustrations all appear the way they would in the corresponding printed document. This is not the same as HTML documents which are dependent on the browser the user may have installed on their computer. Acrobat pages are generally larger than HTML pages and do take longer to download, but the results are worth it.

To view or print an Acrobat PDF file, you need the free Adobe Acrobat reader software.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO INSTALL THE READER SOFTWARE ONCE

Once you have downloaded the Reader, you can display the PDF file. You have the option of configuring your browser to immediately start the Reader and display the PDF, or you can download the PDF file and view it later.

How to Obtain Acrobat Reader

Acrobat Reader for DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Sun Unix computer operating systems is available from this site (see previous page) or is available from Adobe at http://www.Adobe.com or via ftp at ftp.adobe.com in the directory path \pub\adobe\Acrobat\Applications\