The PDF file format maintains consistent document formatting across a wide variety of computer operating systems and printers. Designated files on this site can be viewed in PDF format provided that the Adobe Acrobat Reader software, version 5.0 or later, is installed on your local computer or the network. This software is available free to download from the Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com). Contact your network administrator for help in downloading and installing the Acrobat Reader.

Documents on this site with a link to an Adobe PDF may be viewed and printed or saved for later viewing by clicking on the link, which launches the Acrobat Reader. You may see a screen asking whether you would like to Open the Document or Save the Document. Choose Open the Document.

Note: If a screen appears telling you that there is no program associated with the .pdf extension, you may not have the Acrobat Reader software loaded on your computer or available on your network.

The document you select will appear in the Acrobat window. With Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers, version 4.0 or later, the Acrobat window opens within your browser window and has its own toolbar and icons. You can use the forward and back arrows on the Acrobat toolbar or the scrollbar on the right to navigate through the document. The Acrobat status bar at the bottom left corner of the window indicates the page at which you are looking.

To print the entire document or selected pages, click on the Acrobat toolbar's printer icon and make your selection. When printing selected pages, refer to the page numbers appearing in the bottom left corner of the Acrobat window and not to the page numbers within the document itself.