Reading Portable Document Format (PDF) Files

Items found on our site marked as PDF files with either a  or   symbol require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is a free product with many useful functions. You may either click here to go directly to the Adobe site where this reader may be downloaded or here to go to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts site. The latter provides additional information as to what can be downloaded with the PDF file format as well as links to the Adobe download site. Click on your back button to return to this page when done.

Please note, on slower connections to the internet, it may take some time to download the Reader.  However, once installed on your machine, you will not have to do it again, at least until Adobe issues a new version.

If you try to read a PDF file without having the Reader installed, your operating system may try to ask you what application you would like to use to read the file.   In this case, cancel the read request and go get the Reader.