Once you have installed Acrobat Reader, to view PDF files on-line within your browser, simply click on the link pointing to the desired file and wait for it to appear on your screen. If you wish, after viewing, you can save the file to disk, from the File menu | Save As dialog (alternatively, to save re-downloading, the file may be retrieved from your browser’s cache directory). Or, to download a PDF file without viewing, right-click on its link, and, in Netscape, choose “Link As”; or, in Internet Explorer, choose “Target As.”
Please note that our PDF documents are normally prepared with the Acrobat “Article” feature. Article mode is indicated within Acrobat Reader by the presence of a small arrow, enclosed within the hand cursor. In our application of this feature, when Article mode has been encoded within a PDF document, it causes viewing conveniently to proceed through the first column of a page, and then any additional columns on that page, before continuing on to the next page.
When viewing, simply click (or shift-click) on a page, to page through the document, forward or backward. If the initial magnified image size is too large, this may be adjusted. From the Acrobat Reader File menu | Preferences | General dialog, select, “‘Visible’ Magnification” (specify, e.g., 200%); this setting will be retained for subsequent use.
If a document, however, has not been prepared with the Article feature (as indicated by the absence of the small arrow within the hand cursor), clicking on a page image (whether in the Reader or browser) will not cause the page to reappear in magnified size.
To view such a document within the Reader in magnified size, type ‹-shift-l› (for full screen), then ‹-l› (for desired magnification size; e.g., 160%). Type up or down arrow, to go to the next, or preceding page; type ‹-up› or ‹-down›, to go to the former, or following portion of the present page, and then, if typed again, to go to the preceding, or following page itself. Type ‹› to return from full-screen view to normal view.
When viewing such a document within your browser, to change either the page number, currently-viewable portion of a page, document magnification size, etc., click on the appropriate tool for the desired function, directly within the browser window (see the Reader Online Guide section, “ PDF on the Web,” for further details).
The Reader plug-in's toolbar may be repositioned at the left side, right side, or bottom of the browser's window. Simply drag the toolbar from the top of the window to the desired location.
If your printer is a modest one, with limited memory, care should be taken in printing PDF files. If you have a problem printing, try printing a single page only, to see if you can obtain good results.
Finally, please note that even though PDF pages containing complex Concordant Version text paint to the screen very slowly when the image size is set to 100% (ordinary pages paint very quickly even at 100%), Concordant Version text will paint far more efficiently (and quite reasonably) if the viewable image is set larger, e.g., at 200%, as is more desirable for on-screen reading, anyway. Alternatively, you may obtain efficient text-painting even of such complex typography with a single click of the mouse, by clicking on the rightmost of the three “page” icons within the Acrobat Reader’s icon bar (this will set the image size to 125%).

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