Some documents on this Web site are available in Adobe Acrobat
Portable Document Format (PDF). These documents are identified using
the 
symbol.
- What is PDF?
- Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Viewing Requirements
- How to Use a PDF Documents
- Electronic Fill-in-the-Blank PDF Forms
PDF is a portable document format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF documents are widely used on the Internet, for several reasons:
- A PDF has the same appearance, colors, fonts, graphics and layout as the printed document.
- PDF files can be viewed in the browser, or saved for off-line use or printed.
- The Acrobat Reader software is freely available for most operating systems.
- While the Reader software can't edit (change) a PDF document, it can copy text from the document and perform word or text-string searches of the document.
To view PDF documents you need to use a PDF file viewer such as
Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange from Adobe Systems
Incorporated.
You may download
and install Acrobat Reader free of charge.
Please
upgrade your browser and PDF viewer to the latest version to avoid
any problems.
To check if you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, click here. If you are prompted to download hit cancel, this means that you do not have it installed. Click here to download Acrobat Reader now.
If you experience any problems with PDF documents, upgrading your
browser and/or PDF viewer to the latest version usually solves the
problem.
If after upgrading your software you are still unable to
view PDF documents click here
to view Adobe's help section. You may also to the
webmaster for further assistance regarding PDF or technical issues
concerning this Web site.
- Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Install Acrobat Reader on your computer.
- Start your web browser and locate a PDF document on the Web.
- Click on the hypertext link for the PDF file.
- If you want to save the file for future reference, follow your browser's instructions for saving files from the Internet (often this requires pressing the shift key while clicking once on the filename).
NOTE: Use of PDF fill-in-the-blank forms does NOT necessarily include online submittal.
Some PDF forms are available in a fill-in-the-blank format. Users now have the option—on certain forms—to complete the PDF forms electronically, instead of manually writing or typing the information on a hard copy version.
The form can be completed in several easy steps.
- The user opens the PDF form in Acrobat Reader, either in the browser or as a standalone product. The user can also save the PDF form to their computer system and open the form in Acrobat Reader at a later time.
- Once the form is open, the user clicks on the desired field and a blinking cursor appears.
- After the information has been entered in the field, the user can tab to the next field.
- After all the fields have been completed, the user can print
out the page.
NOTE: If the cursor is blinking in a field, the information in that field will not be printed. Hit "Return" or "Enter" and the information will be captured for all fields.
Users with Acrobat Reader only, the entered data cannot be saved for later use.
For those who have the entire Acrobat suite (Acrobat, formerly called Acrobat Exchange) the data can either be saved separately or as a part of the form.