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Some documents on this site are provided as Adobe PDFs. This section provides further information on how to view and print PDF files.

This site uses PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file format for the publication of large and complex documents. You will need the appropriate version of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view, navigate and print PDF files. Adobe® Acrobat® Reader is freely available for all major computing platforms. Click the link below to download the software: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Adobe Conversion Script

PDF documents may not be readily accessible to screenreaders and may not be formatted for visually impaired users. However, you can translate a PDF into a text only or plain HTML by using a script. Go to the following link, type in the URL of any PDF and the document will be converted into a text only HTML document:

www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html

Adobe PDF Conversion by Email Attachment
If the Adobe PDF file is on local media, such as a hard drive, CD-ROM, or internal server, it can be submitted as a MIME attachment to an e-mail message. All converted Adobe PDF documents will be sent back to the sender as MIME attachments. For plain text, mail the attached PDF to pdf2txt@adobe.com. For HTML, mail the attached PDF to pdf2html@adobe.com.

Further information on Accessible PDFs is available at:

http://access.adobe.com/white-paper-forms.html

Our site also publishes documents in Microsoft Word format. To view and print Microsoft Word files, you must either have word installed on your PC or you can download Microsoft Word Viewer software.