Viewing and printing PDF files
The Adobe Reader that you need for viewing and printing portable document format (PDF) files can be downloaded free-of-charge from the Adobe website.
Use the Adobe Reader to:
- view a document by clicking the link to it. The document will load into the reader.
- save a document for later viewing by right-clicking your mouse on the link text and selecting Save Target As and saving the file in your preferred location.
If you have a Macintosh with a single button mouse:
- save a document for later viewing by holding down the control key while you click your mouse on the link text. Select Save Link As or Download Link to Disk and save the file in your preferred location.
To convert PDFs to HTML or text formats use the Adobe PDF files online conversion tools.
Note: Some versions of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat have a default feature called "automatically detect URLs from text". Acrobat's interpretation of web addresses may be problematic when the URL is split between lines or when the underlying text is not recognised properly. PDFs on the NRW website are best viewed with this feature turned off.
Last updated 14 June 2007