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Using Adobe Acrobat Reader
The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required
to read documents in .pdf format. The Reader is available free of charge from
the Adobe website.
Downloading the Reader
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On your computer, make a
directory into which the software will be saved (eg. c:\download).
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Connect to the Adobe website -
click here.
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To download, click the "free
Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader" text link.
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Complete Steps 1 to 3.
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Click the "Download" button to
download the reader to your computer.
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Install the reader on your
computer (Double-click on the downloaded .exe file and follow the
prompts).
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Open a .pdf document using the
installed reader.
Printing a .pdf document
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Open a required document in the
Reader by clicking on the link.
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Select File-Print from the menu
bar in the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Low-end printers cannot handle large Adobe
Acrobat documents.
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Send the document to the printer
in sections to avoid printer memory overload.
Saving a .pdf document
Once a document has been opened in
the Reader by clicking on a link on the Solicitor General of Canada's WWW site,
it cannot be saved to a local drive.
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On your computer, make a
directory into which the document will be saved (eg. c:\download).
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On the Safe Canada WWW site,
locate a document you wish to download.
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Right click on the link to the
required document and select Save Target As (Internet Explorer) / Save Link
As (Netscape) from the drop-down menu.
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When prompted, specify a drive
and directory into which the document should be saved (eg. c:\download).
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Click on Save / OK to save the
document.
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