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Accessing Forms
Forms are available only in .pdf format and may be completed on-line. Blank or
filled-in forms can be printed, and blank forms can be downloaded onto your computer.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required to access .pdf forms. If your browser does not
read Acrobat's PDF format files, the Adobe Acrobat Reader® is available at no cost at the
Adobe® Web site.
View and print
With your Adobe Acrobat Reader®, you can view and print .pdf
files. Simply click on the hyperlink that leads to the .pdf file.
Download
To download a .pdf file onto your own computer, follow the steps as indicated below.
Ensure that the .pdf file is not opened.
Right-click on the hyperlinked file name and then
select "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer®) or "Save Link As"
(Netscape™).
Save the document in the directory of your
choice, then use your Reader to access it at your convenience.
To access the saved form, click on "File" and
then "Open" in the Reader's toolbar.
The following information is provided to assist you in completing the forms
To view and use fillable forms or to download blank forms
for future use, you need:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader®, version 3.02 or higher
- NOTE: If you're using version 3.02 (instead of one of the higher
versions), you also require the Formfill Plug-in.
- The software and plug-in can be obtained free from the Adobe® Web site, which
also offers customer support.
Along with the information provided here, you can consult the Adobe Acrobat Reader's®
online guides (under "Help" in the Reader's toolbar).
- To move from one field to the next, hit "Tab."
- This helps ensure that you don't accidentally skip over any fields.
or,
- Place your mouse pointer in the field you want to fill in, then left-click.
- To replace data you've already entered in a field, place your mouse pointer within
the field and left-click.
- This "selects" the existing data, which you can then adjust or replace.
- To clear the data from all fields and start over, click on the "Restore"
button located near the top of the form.
- Some forms contain boxes to be checked off.
- Place your mouse pointer over the box you want to
check off.
- When your mouse pointer becomes
shaped like a hand with its index finger pointing, left-click.
- To de-select a box, left-click on it again.
- Some fields -- for example, the address field on some forms -- have room for more than
one line of text.
- To move to the next line within a field, hit
"Enter."
- When you've finished in the field, hit "Tab" to move to the next field.
- Some fields limit the maximum number of
characters you can enter. For instance, a maximum of nine characters can be entered in the field asking for a
social insurance number (do not enter dashes or spaces).
- Dates: Unless otherwise specified on an individual
form, all dates must be entered in the format yyyy/mm/dd (for example, "2000/02/03"
means February 3, 2000).
- Dollar amounts: You must manually enter
the decimal point in dollar amounts that include cents.
- If you don't manually enter a decimal point, the system will automatically insert one
after the final digit you entered.
- Phone numbers: Along with the standard area
code and phone number, you can enter your extension if you have one.
- For instance, there is room for you to type in (888) 888-8888, ext. 8888.
- Signatures: A fillable form that requires a
signature must be signed by hand after you've completed and printed it.
- The system won't let you enter any electronic data in the signature field.
- Before printing, check the form's page size: some of them should be printed on
legal-size paper (8.5" x 14").
- The Adobe Reader® indicates the page size -- along with the number of pages -- in the
lower left-hand corner of your screen.
- Once you've completed a form on-screen and verified its page size, select
"File" and then "Print" in the Reader's toolbar.
- This brings you to the print dialog box.
- To change the paper size, click on "Setup" in the print dialog box.
- After you've entered and verified the data on
your fillable form, print it.
- Manually sign the form (if applicable).
- Before submitting your printed form, either make a photocopy or save an electronic copy
on your own computer (see Saving fillable forms below) for your records.
- Individual forms include instructions on where to send the completed paper copy.
Using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader®,
version 3.02 or higher, you can download a blank fillable form for future use:
- Right-click on the hyperlinked file name and
then select "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer®) or "Save Link As"
(Netscape™).
- Save the document in the directory of your
choice, then use your Reader to access it at your convenience.
- To access the saved form, click on "File" and then "Open" in the
Reader's toolbar.
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