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Downloading Documents

Many of the documents on the website are in formats other than HTML. Documents in PDF, Word, Excel and PowerPoint format can all be found and downloaded on this site.

PDF

PDF files retain all of the original formatting of the printed version of documents. To view PDF files you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader . The latest version can be downloaded free of charge.

PDF accessibility

If you are having trouble reading a PDF document on this website, Adobe offers a free online tool for converting PDF documents to HTML or text. To use the tool you will need to know the url(http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/administration/accessibility/Downloading/web address) of the document you want to convert. This can be found in the browser address bar at the top of the screen and begins with http://

If the tool does not work for you and you are still unable to read a document hosted on the site, please contact us and we will try to supply a plain text version.

Word

Users with Windows who do not have access to Microsoft Word can view the Word documents on this site by downloading Word Viewer 2003

Excel

Users with Windows who do not have access to Microsoft Excel can view the Excel documents on this site by downloading Excel Viewer 2003.

PowerPoint

Users with Windows who do not have access to Microsoft PowerPoint can view PowerPoint documents by downloading PowerPoint Viewer 2007