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DOCLINE -- Advantages of Document Delivery via the Web

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DOCLINE offers two Web-based delivery methods: PDF (Portable Document Format) and TIFF (Tagged Image Format File).

• Web delivery method is recommended over email for users who have size limitations on their email system or where a slow internet connection prohibits the downloading of large email attachments.
  
  
• The requestor will receive an email message containing a hyperlink to the requested document. Documents can be viewed and printed from the referenced hyperlink without downloading email attachments.

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Last reviewed: 22 September 2008
Last updated: 22 September 2008
First published: 18 October 2001
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