Help
The help page is intended to make your
navigation of this site easier.
The left-hand navigation area introduces important topics.
Document formats
Most of the documents on the this site are
available in HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language) format. However, some documents are posted in
Adobe Acrobat format (*.pdf).
How to Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read documents in .pdf
format. The Reader is available free of charge from the
Adobe WWW
site.
Note: If the Adobe download site is not accessible to you, use
the
accessible page on the Adobe site. If the accessibility of PDF is a
concern, you can have the file converted to HTML or ASCII text by using one
of the access services provide
by Adobe.
Downloading the Reader
On your computer, make a directory into which the software will be saved
(e.g. c:\download).
Connect to the
Adobe WWW
site.
Step 1:
Choose the language version and platform version (Windows95, Windows NT,
Mac, Linux, etc.) you need from the drop-down lists.
Step 2:
Type your name and e-mail address in the text boxes provided.
Step 3:
- Click the "Download" button to download the reader to your computer.
- Install the reader on your computer (Double-click on the downloaded
.exe file and following the installation prompts).
- Open a .pdf document using the installed reader.
Printing a .pdf document
- Open a required document in the Reader by clicking on the link.
- Select File-Print from the menu bar in the Adobe Acrobat
Reader.
- Low-end printers cannot handle large Adobe Acrobat documents. Send the
document to the printer in sections to avoid printer memory overload.
Saving a .pdf document
NOTE: Once a document has been opened in the Reader by clicking on this
site, it cannot be saved to a local drive.
- On your computer, make a directory into which the document will be
saved (e.g. c:\download).
- On this site, locate a document you wish to download.
- Right click on the link to the required document and select Save
Target As (Internet Explorer) / Save Link As (Netscape) from
the drop-down menu.
- When prompted, specify a drive and directory into which the document
should be saved (e.g. c:\download).
- Click on Save / OK to save the document
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