Portions of this manual are available in "Portable Document Format" (PDF) format, readable with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The advantage of this format is that the pages will print with proper page breaks so they can be more easily organized into a notebook. In addition, the figures are more easily readable, making charts easier to use.
The disadvantage is that the files are usually larger than normal HTML and will take longer to download.
If you don't have the reader go to: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
The free Adobe software installation program will allow you to view standalone .PDF files or the browser plug-in will allow direct viewing (and linking) from your browser.
The links in the .PDF version of the Table of Contents will work if either:
The links will NOT work if using the Acrobat Reader as a "helper" application in your browser (instead of a plug-in) since it doesn't know the proper location to find the linked files.
| Note: The original handbook was created in half-page (5 x 8") format. In order for the .PDF files to print out on normal (8 x 11") paper, the pagination was changed and some figures were reordered to more closely match the text. Exact page references have been deleted from the PDF format and section numbers have been used instead in case someone is using both the actual handbook and the PDF files. |
Acrobat Reader -- Viewing PDF within Web Browsers
When viewing PDF documents within a Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer-- window, Acrobat v. 3.01 adds some new functionality:
The following tools have been added to the Acrobat Toolbar
displayed when viewing PDF files inside the Netscape Navigator
or Microsoft Internet Explorer window:
- A "copy" tool, which appears to the left of the "hand"
tool; it's icon shows two pages (a page and its copy)
- A "select text" tool, which appears to the right of
the "zoom out" (magnifying glass minus) tool; its icon
shows the letters abc" in a selection box
- A "find" tool, which appears to the right of the "fit
width" tool; its icon is a pair of binoculars
- A "find again" tool, which appears to the right of
the "find" tool; its icon is a small pair of binoculars
under a curved arrow
When viewing PDF documents within a browser window...
To copy text (for pasting elsewhere):
- click on the "select text" tool
- select the desired text
- click on the "copy" tool
- when you are done selecting text, click on the "hand"
button to return to browsing
To find a text string
- click on the "find" tool
- enter the desired text in the Find dialog
- click on the Find dialog's "Find" button
or
- click on the "find again" tool to find another occurrence
of the text
Note: Finding text may take a while if pages in the PDF file must
be retrieved from the Web server. During the find operation the
Find dialog's "Cancel" button will not function. The
find operation can be stopped using the escape key.
Select, Copy, Find, and Find Again must be done using the tools on the Acrobat toolbar. The "Copy", "Select All", and "Find..." menu items on your browser's "Edit" menu will not invoke the corresponding command on PDF documents.
In addition, Acrobat enables basic keyboard navigation when viewing PDF files in the browser window using Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. You can use the Page Up, Page Down, Home, End, Enter, Return, and cursor keys as described in the Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 Online Guide (Reader.pdf). When using keyboard navigation while viewing a PDF document in Continuous or Continuous - Facing Pages modes, the document image may occasionally disappear. If this occurs you can use the toolbar navigation buttons to restore your image.