PDF Primer

When you first open one of our documents, it will probably be too small for reading. To enlarge it, click on the plus sign in the zoom bar.

This hand tool will be active when you open the document. You can move around the document by dragging the hand in any direction.

To move from page to page in the document, you can use these navigation arrows, which appear at the bottom of the frame. You can also use the hand tool or the scroll bars at the bottom and right side of the frame.

To highlight text for cutting and pasting, click on the select tool (or, in earlier versions of Adobe Reader, the text tool). Your cursor will change to an insert bar. Now you can highlight text as usual.

To search for a word or phrase, click the search icon.

The easiest way to email a document is to go to the File menu at top left and choose “Send Link.” This will open your email program and place the link in the body of a new message. You can also copy the link from the address bar of your browser, or save the page to your local drive by choosing “Save Page As…” Then you can email the file as an attachment.