Viewing PDF files on a website

1.     On the website, click on the button to download the file or form you want to see.

2.     When you get the "This is a type of information WebTV can't use" popup, press the GoTo key, then click on "Show last" on the popup.

3.     The URL [web site address for the form] will appear in the GoTo window

4.     Press and hold down the Cmd key and press the letter a at the same time to highlight all of the URL [Cmd-a]

5.     Press Cmd-c to copy the URL

Go to either of the sites below, find the window, erase the http:// and paste the URL into the window by pressing Cmd-v, then click the button

You'll see the text of the form, and from that you can Print or simply read and make notes.

o        Paulding.com Observer (unknown size limit, but it will open BIG .pdf files!)

http://www.paulding.net/viewpdf.html

o        http://www.samurajdata.se/~cj/ps.html

o        access.adobe.com

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html

Printing .pdf Files

Governmental agencies, such as the IRS, require that printed .pdf forms be graphically correct. There is a way to do this:

• Get and copy the URL of the .pdf file on the website, as explained above.
• Go to

http://tom.library.upenn.edu/convert/

erase the http:// in the lower box and press Cmd-v to insert the .pdf file's URL

• Set the drop-down Input file format to .pdf and set the Output set .gif [graphic image file format]
• Click on the button to convert the file.
• There will be a series of links to follow. For example, the page may state that the file consists of a series of steps. Click on the link to the steps and follow the links.

At some point in the process, for each page there will be a link to a single .gif which will show a full-screen version of the .pdf file, without any other text above or below it.

• Use the Options key or Cmd-P to bring up the Print popup; Click on Print [not "Print screen"] to print your form.

NOTE: The image page produced by the conversion server is only temporary. So print out copies as needed, or use an Add Image tool to add it to your Scrapbook for future use. If you don't add the .gif image to your Scrapbook and later need it, you must go through the process above again.