Instructions for downloading documents (Windows and Internet Explorer specific, Mac and Netscape instructions will be available as soon as possible).

Adobe .PDF files

1. Make sure you have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you are not sure, go to your start menu (bottom left-hand corner with the little window picture). Next go to Programs and see if one of your options says "Adobe" or "Adobe Acrobat". If all of your programs are not listed, there should be an arrow down the bottom that will allow you to see the rest. If you see "Adobe Acrobat" you are probably all set. If you locate just "Adobe", look inside that folder to see if you have "Acrobat Reader", the version should not matter.
2. Adobe Acrobat® Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major computing platforms.  You may download a free copy of this program!
3. Once you have verified that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, or installed it from the above link, you can save the document one of two ways.
4. 1. If you already know that it is the correct document, use the opposite mouse button than you normally use (for most people this will be the right mouse button), and click on the link. A menu will pop up, and you want to select the option "Save Target As". This will then bring up a box that will let you select a location on your hard drive to save the file.
   2. If you are uncertain if it is the correct document and would like to view it first, simply click on the link as normal. This will open up the reader with the document right inside the web browser itself. To save the document you need to locate the icon that looks like a disk. This is located on the new toolbar below your normal browser "back" buttons, "File" menu, etc. Clicking on this disk will bring up a window that will prompt you to choose a location on your hard drive to save the file.

Word .doc Files

1. Do you have Microsoft Word 2000 on your computer? This is one you usually know if you have, and if you don't your only option is to download the .pdf version of the file. If you cannot view pdf documents and do not have Microsoft Word 2000, either because you have an earlier version or whatever, or if the document does not have a pdf counterpart, please Contact Us and explain your difficulty. We would be happy to save the document you need in an earlier Word Format, or some other compatible format to the best of our abilities.
2. If you do have Microsoft Word 2000, you have a few options for downloading the document.
   1. If you already know that it is the correct document, use the opposite mouse button than you normally use (for most people this will be the right mouse button), and click on the link. A menu will pop up, and you want to select the option "Save Target As". This will then bring up a box that will let you select a location on your hard drive to save the file.
   2. If you are uncertain if this is the correct document, you might be able to view it before you save it. Some versions of Microsoft's browser have the ability to view Microsoft Office Documents right in the browser. If you have this ability, it will happen automatically when you click on the link to the document as normal. You will see the rulers from MS Word, and your toolbar at the top will look like the normal browser toolbar. However, if you go to your "File" menu, one of your options is now "Save As". If you select this, you will have the ability to select a location on your computer to save the document.
   3. If you cannot view Microsoft Office documents in you browser, when you click normally on the link to the document, instead of the document opening up, you will see a dialog box with 4 buttons - "Open", "Save", "Cancel", and "More Info". More info simply brings up the help menu and is not very useful. Cancel will stop the download before it starts. Save will allow you to choose a location on your computer to save the file. Open will bring up Microsoft Word and allow you to view the file. Even though you will be able to edit the file, please keep in mind that this file is not saved on your computer. Even if you are hitting the "save" button, unless you have done "Save As" and chosen a place on your computer for it, you are only saving it to a temporary file somewhere, and you will not be able to access this file should anything happen to it to close it unexpectedly.

 *Disclaimer: Adobe, Adobe Acrobat, and Acrobat Reader are all registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated, and Microsoft, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Word 2000, etc, are all registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Neither is in any way affiliated with the Early Education and Intervention Network of New Hampshire, and are not endorsed by EEIN, but rather these instructions are provided to support EEIN's members and other web guests by explaining some of the most commonly used applications.