Get help using PDFs

Find out how to open PDF documents and how to make them easier to use if you are blind or have sight problems.

How to open PDFs

Some documents on our website are in a format called PDF.

To open documents in PDF format you need a program call Adobe Reader installed on your computer.

Adobe Reader is a free program. You can download it from the Adobe website by clicking on the link below.

Download Adobe Reader: go to the Adobe website.

Follow the instructions on the Adobe website to install Adobe Reader on your computer.

If you are blind or have sight problems you may use a computer program to read out the words on the screen.

You can change the settings on Adobe Reader to make PDFs more compatible with screen reading programs.