About Adobe PDF

About the Adobe Format: Adobe Portable Document Format, or PDF,  is a format that can be viewed and printed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader a free, and easily available software. The software is available at the Adobe web site: www.adobe.com. or by clicking the yellow button marked "Get Acrobat Reader" on the bottom of this page. We recommend using the most recent version of the software as it will reduce or eliminate problems with large files.

Using Adobe Reader: If you have the Adobe Reader installed on your PC you may either view the AIPSO PDF documents directly in your browser or download them to your PC and view them. If you choose to download a file that is subject to change, like the Plan Manual, it is very important to keep in mind that portions of the Manual do change. You should regularly check this site for updates to the Manual. An electronic update notification service, which will notify registered users via e-mail whenever the manuals are updated, is available. Choose one of the subscription options on the menu to the left.

Special problems with large documents: Note that the PDF version of some AIPSO documents are very large, and users of Internet Explorer with version 3 of the Acrobat Reader may have difficulty viewing these documents directly in the browser. To avoid these problems, you should either use the latest version of Acrobat Reader or download the Manual directly to disk before viewing it. To download the Manual directly to disk, simply right-click on the Manual link and select the option "Save Target As. . .". Once the file has been copied to your hard disk you may safely use Acrobat Reader version 3 to view it.

For more information: If you would like more information on the characteristics of Adobe PDF documents review the section on Interactive vs. PDF: What's the Difference?