Viewing and printing PDF documents

About The Acrobat Reader & Portable Document Format (PDF)

Introduction to Adobe Acrobat and Portable Document Format (PDF)

Many documents on Loyalist's WebCT site are published using Adobe's® Portable Document Format (PDF) and may be displayed or printed exactly as when they were created, with no font or display loss.
To view or print the document, you must download the free Acrobat® Reader from the Adobe web site. The Acrobat® Reader allows anyone to view, navigate, and print PDF documents.

To Install the Free Adobe Acrobat® Reader:

• Read through the steps provided on Adobe's site and select the correct version of the plugin for your computer.
• When the download is complete, click on the downloaded file to install the plugin and follow the directions on your screen.
• When the setup is finished, the plugin will be installed.

You can then click any PDF file to view, navigate, or print it. For assistance in troubleshooting problems with Acrobat® Reader, please refer to Acrobat Customer Support and the Reader's online help. Information on PDF access for the visually impaired may be found on the Access at Adobe web site.

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Printing from the Adobe Reader:

1. Set the “focus” on the portion of the browser window by clicking anywhere on the document that you want to print.
2. You will see a faint black line around the browser window frame that has the "focus."
Select 'File' and then 'Print Frame'... or, with more recent viewers, print with the Adobe Print Icon found in the top left corner of the Adobe Display Window:

What does it mean to submit an assignment to the dropbox?

Submitting an assignment to the assignment dropbox means that you will create a document on your own computer using software specified by your instructor. You'll use the process below to submit the file to the instructor. Your instructor will specify the programs you can use in order to view the file on his/her computer. The assignments are time-stamped when they are submitted.

Special Considerations:

1. Names of files to be uploaded cannot contain SPACES. Replace SPACES with - (dashes) before attempting to upload.
2. If you are going to be submitting more than one file, you must upload all files before clicking on "Submit Assignment". Once you have clicked on "Submit Assignment", you cannot make any further changes.

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How do I submit a document to the assignment dropbox?

To submit an assignment using the Assignment Dropbox feature:

1. Enter myWebCT and select the course in which you wish to "hand in" your assignment.
2. From the course Homepage, click the Assignment Dropbox link
3. The following screen will appear. Click on the correct hyperlinked assignment name. (NOTE: The assignment must be "Available" in order to submit your files. Check for the pencil image () besides its name.
4. When the following screen appears, read the instructions and click on the Upload file button at the bottom of the page.
5. At the screen below, click on Browse button first, select the file from your computer and click on Upload button
6. Follow steps 4 and 5 if you have more files to submit.
7. Click the Submit Assignment button.

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