Adobe Acrobat's portable document format (PDF) files are widely used on the Web because they preserve the original appearance of the printed document. To access these files, you must have the Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, configured to work with your browser. When viewed or printed in the Acrobat Reader, the document appears as it does in the hard copy version.
Many PDF documents contain bookmarks to the major sections.
If the bookmarks are not visible when you open the file, select
the bookmark button
in the Button Bar of the Acrobat Reader. Just click a bookmark to jump to the
corresponding topic or section in the document. To view sub-topic bookmarks, click
the triangle icon at the left of a bookmark. If you
do not have the Acrobat Reader, you may download a free copy
from Adobe.
Sometimes our visitors find it easier to open PDF files if they first download
them to their computer and then open them as they would any document. If you
have not tried this already, you may want to see if these four steps work for
you: Links to the enhanced Acrobat Reader and to Adobe's online conversion tools
are below. Download the
latest Adobe Acrobat Reader Online
Conversion Tools links to a set of tools that allow blind and visually
impaired individuals to read any document in Adobe PDF. The tools convert PDF
documents into simple HTML or ASCII text that can then be read by a number of
common screen reading programs that synthesize the HTML as audible speech.
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Information for those who have problems opening or printing PDF files
1. Right-click (Windows) or click and hold (Macintosh) on the link to the PDF
file.
2. From the popup menu, select Save Link As (Netscape) or Save Target As (Internet
Explorer).
3. Select the location where you want to save the file then select Save.
4. Open Acrobat Reader, choose open from the file menu, locate the file, and
select open.
If you do not already have the latest reader, you can download
the latest reader for free from Adobe.
BACK (to previous location) Top Attention, blind and visually impaired visitors:
Information
on the Adobe Reader and screen reader compatability.
Note: Macintosh Reader installers marked "monolithic" are single file installers
intended for use on tangible media and inside firewalls.
by using the appropriate link on the page, Contact
the NHLBI.
Note to
users of screen readers and other assistive technologies: please report your
problems here.