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In order to serve you better, our website uses Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) technology.
The PDF file format allows us to save offical documents, announcements, maps
and brochures into one common format that is downloadable by anyone. This
format can be viewed within your browser, or for best results, printed out
on your home printer. Any printout that you make using our PDF files will
look exactly like our originals! It's like we mailed you the documents directly,
except that you didn't have to wait for our delays and the mail! You can save
the PDF file to your computer for later viewing, and you can print as many
copies as you want.
If you are unfamiliar with Adobe Acrobat® Reader, read the short tutorial
(or print it off for reference) before viewing files that are pdf format.
The help file will open in a new window.
PDF does have one requirement: viewer/plug-in software. This software allows
your browser to be able to "understand" PDF; without it your browser wouldn't
know PDF from Smokey the Bear!
That brings us to another reason for using PDF: the viewer/plug-in software
is FREE, and may even be on your computer already! Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0
will run on even older Windows machines, while the most recent version (6.0)
offers full flexibility and power on modern computers.
Be sure and download the newest version of the software. You can also use the more accessible download page for the newest Acrobat Reader.
If you need to activate the accessibility features built into PDF files, be sure and check the "Download the Full Version" when downloading.