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The software you need

To read pdf files you will need to have the correct software. PDF (Portable Document Format) files require the Adobe Acrobat Reader (or similar) which is available free from Adobe. It can act as a plugin with your Internet browser so that PDF files are automatically opened in the browser.

• Download Acrobat Reader.
• Troubleshooting Problems When Downloading or Installing Acrobat Reader.

Adobe offer an online conversion tool (from pdf to HTML). This can be very useful if downloading or reading pdf files (which can be very large) is a problem. The converted file, however, will lose any pictures that were in the original pdf file.

Reading and Printing PDF files.

Use the arrow buttons to go to the next or previous page. Enter a page number to go there directly.

Size the page to (1) 100%, (2) to fit the window(3) to fit the window width.

Click on the print button to print out the document.

• Troubleshooting printing problems in Acrobat for Windows or Mac.

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