Forms: PDF Help

If you are experiencing trouble accessing the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) forms on this website, please refer to the note below.

Certain combinations of web browsers and Adobe's Acrobat PDF viewer result in problems when the PDF files are viewed from within the browser. When you click on a link to the form, a blank page may appear, 'garbage' text may appear, you may get an error message, or the page may 'freeze'.

There are several alternatives for opening the files.

Alternative 1: Disable Browser Integration

Exit from the browser

Open the Adobe Acrobat Reader

Go to File -> Preferences -> General

Un-check the "Web Browser Integration" box

Exit from the Adobe Acrobat Reader

Restart the web browser

The next time you select a link to a PDF file, a dialog box will prompt you to either "Open this file from its current location", or to "Save this file to disk". Select "Open from current location..." to view the file immediately.

Alternative 2: Save the form directly to your hard drive

Instead of opening the PDF form as you would a normal link, Right Click on the link to the PDF file and choose "Save Target As...".

Select an easy to remember location on your hard drive to store the file

Go to the location where you saved the form, and double-click the file to open

This will launch the Adobe Acrobat Reader

Source: PDF Help Note, ITCOM, University of Michigan.