Accessibility/Access for Persons with Disabilities
We believe that our web sites are compliant with Section 508 and W3C accessibility design guidelines.
If you are a person with a disability and have trouble using our web site — or if you experience difficulty using any of our services, products, or facilities — please tell us about the problem. You may:
- send us an e-mail message at webprogram@nara.gov
- write to us at the
National Archives and Records Administration
Web Program Director
Policy and Communications Staff
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001
- telephone us on our TDD lines
- For College Park, MD: 301-837-0482
- fax your comments to us at 301-837-0319
Adobe Acrobat Reader and
PDF Files
Certain files available for download from the National Archives web site are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
- PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Adobe also provides free PDF tools for the visually impaired.
- Download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a computer file format,
developed by Adobe Systems, Inc., that allows authors to exchange documents among different computer systems, while preserving the documents' typography and page layout.
To read or print a file in PDF format, you must install on your computer the Acrobat Reader program, published by Adobe Systems, Inc. Acrobat Reader is free, and there are no restrictions on its copying or distribution. Acrobat Reader works as a standalone application, or as a plug-in within Netscape Navigator or MS Internet Explorer.
For detailed, up-to-date information about Acrobat Reader or the PDF format, visit Adobe Systems Inc. at http://www.adobe.com.
