Portable Document Format (PDF)

Most of the publications available on our site have been posted in Portable Document Format (PDF), a file format invented and maintained by Adobe Systems Incorporated. These documents may be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free and can be downloaded from Adobe's website.

Our publications are posted in PDF1.3 and can be read with Acrobat Reader 4.0 or later. If you have difficulty opening or viewing a document, check that you have a recent version of Reader. We recommend that you use the most recent version, Acrobat Reader 5.0.

Viewing PDF files in your browser

Files in PDF may also be viewed one page at a time within most browsers if the correct plug-in has been installed and configured. To view PDF files in your browser, click once on the link. Our PDF files have been optimized for viewing on screen and you should be able to use this feature if your browser is correctly configured.

If the PDF files are coming up blank and your browser is Internet Explorer you will need to change the security settings. You can do this by clicking on the "Tools" option and then selecting "Internet Options". Click on the tab for "Security" and then select either "Medium" or the "Default" option. This will allow you to view PDF files and still maintain safe browsing.

Acrobat Reader

To obtain Acrobat Reader 5.0, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html and follow the instructions for retrieving the installation file for your computing platform. To install Acrobat Reader on your computer, double-click the file that has been downloaded to your hard drive. Those who use NT or Windows 2000 or XP may need "Administrator" privileges to install new software.

Saving PDF files to your computer

Files in PDF may be downloaded and saved on your computer's hard drive so that you may read or print them at your leisure. To do this in Internet Explorer on the Windows platform, right-click the link and choose "Save Target As ? from the menu that will appear; on the MacIntosh platform, click and hold on the link.

Help

If you have any trouble with our website or with the PDF files, please contact us via e-mail to info@housingtoronto.com, giving a brief description of the problem. Please include the following information:

Internet connection (e.g. 56.6K modem)
operating system (e.g. Windows 2000; MacIntosh OS 9.2)
browser (e.g. Internet Explorer 5.5)
version of Acrobat Reader.