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Adobe Acrobat Reader

NOTE: The document you require is stored in Portable Document Format (PDF) format . To view this document in PDF format you need to use the Acrobat Reader which allows anyone to view, navigate, and print documents in the Adobe® Portable Document Format.

Download the free Acrobat Reader from the Adobe® Web Site.

A text-only Acrobat Reader download page is available. This page is compliant with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative Guidelines and is optimized for screen readers. You should also use this page if you need an earlier version of Acrobat Reader.

After downloading Acrobat Reader there are instructions on the Adobe® Web Site to configure your Web Browser to automatically load PDF formatted files.

Accessibility Issues

The current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is at version 5.x. We recommend you upgrade to this version to be able to take advantage of the latest features. Additionally, Adobe Acrobat 5.x software provides a number of new capabilities that improve access for disabled users. You can read more about these new features at http://access.adobe.com/.

There are two new features offered from Adobe:

Adobe has an "Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents". All you have to do is type in a URL to an Adobe PDF document into an electronic form and select the Get This Adobe PDF Document As HTML button. The Adobe PDF document will be converted on-the-fly to HTML, and will be returned to you immediately in your browser application.
The e-mail based PDF accessibility tools have been updated. You can now submit multiple URLs in a single e-mail message as well as submit PDF files to Adobe as MIME attachments.