PDF documents
Some documents on this site are Portable Document Format (PDF) files as indicated by the 
icon. In this format you can easily view and print the file exactly as it was created, with the same layout and images.
To do this you need software called Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is free and simple to download from from the Adobe website. Please make sure you have the most up to date version of Acrobat reader, older versions may produce errors when opening PDFs downloaded from this website.
To save a PDF file to your computer, place your mouse over link, right click, and select "save target as". Apple Macintosh users select option key and click.
If you have problems or want to know the basics of how to use PDFs the Adobe site has plenty of help available here.
The Acrobat Reader program also has a help function. Click on Help from the menu bar at the top of the screen and then select Reader Guide from the drop down menu.
Viewing large files
The size of a file and its approximate download time are given beside each link like this:
Name of file (675.5 kb, about 3mins to download, 56k modem)
Large PDF files, which can easily be over 500 kb, can take a while to download - particularly if you are using an older computer and have a slow internet connection.
Saving a PDF file onto your computer and opening it like you would any other file is a little faster. To save a PDF file to your computer, place your mouse over the link, right click, and select "save target as". Apple Macintosh users select option key and click.
Word documents
Some documents on this site are MS Word files, as indicated by the 
icon. You can open MS Word files using Microsoft Word 97 or later. To save a MS Word document to your computer, place your mouse over the link, right click, and select "save target as". Apple Macintosh users select option key and click.