Adobe Acrobat PDF is an Adobe proprietary file format structure.  PDF stands for "Portable Document Format". Acrobat PDF is a widely used and accepted industry format for distributing view-only electronic files and e-forms. PDF documents are viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

PDF is the standard electronic document distribution format in many organizations today primarily due to the following key benefits:

• Compact file size.
• WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) representation of the document as compared to the authoring application.
• Built-in navigational capabilities (such as hyperlinking, bookmarking, etc.)
• Best of all, Acrobat Reader is free! You can easily download Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Web site.  Click the link below to download Acrobat Reader now.  (If you need help with downloading and installing Acrobat Reader see the instructions below.)

1. Click Get Acrobat Reader.  A new window will open to Adobe's download page.
2. Complete the 3 steps located at the bottom of the page and press Download in step three.  The File Download dialog will open.
3. You can either save the install file to you hard drive or run it from its current location.  If you choose to save it to your hard drive you will have to run it to install Acrobat Reader after it is downloaded.