Some documents on this website are available as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) or Microsoft Word.

• What is PDF?
• Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Viewing Requirements
• How to Use a PDF Documents
• Electronic Fill-in-the-Blank PDF Forms

What is PDF?

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.

Viewing Requirements

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.

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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 website.

How to Use a PDF Documents

• 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).

Electronic Fill-In-The-Blank PDF Forms

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.

• Completing Forms
• Saving Completed Forms
• Printing Completed Forms

Completing Forms

To complete a Word form, complete the following steps:

1. From the File menu, select Open...
   The Open dialog box appears.
2. Using the Look in pull-down list, navigate to and select the desired form
3. Click OPEN; the form is opened.
4. Using the keyboard or the mouse to navigate within the document, complete the form

   To...	Press...
   Move to the next field	[Tab]
   Move to the previous field	[Shift] + [Tab]
   Complete a drop-down field	[Alt] + [Arrow]

5. Proceed with saving or printing the form

Saving Completed Forms

To keep an electronic file for your records or to forward the completed form as an attachment, you can save the form results.

1. From the File menu, select Save As...
   The Save As dialog box appears.
2. From the Save in pull-down list, select a location for the file
3. In the File name text box, type the desired filename.
4. Click SAVE; the form is saved.

Printing Completed Forms

Depending on your needs, you might want to keep a hard copy for your own records.

1. From the File menu, select Print; the Print dialog box appears.
2. Select the desired print options
3. Click OK; the form is printed.