Accessing our publications in alternative formats
For general information on the publications Communities and Local Government produces and how to order hard copies, click on the link on the right of this page named 'Communities and Local Government Publications'.
PDF documents
Publications are made available throughout this website for users to download in Adobe® PDF file format.
To view and print PDF files, you must have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader installed. To download this product for free please use the link below:
If you cannot use Acrobat Reader to see these documents (for example, if you use screen reader software or an audio-enabled web browser), Adobe provide a free online tool which converts them to text.
To use this service, send the web address (URL) of the Adobe Acrobat document you want to read through the web form at http://access.adobe.com/onlinetools.html
The service will return the document to you as a webpage (HTML) or as plain text. Alternatively you can choose to get it emailed to you as an attachment.
Alternative formats
If you require any of the publications from this website in an alternative format (eg Braille, large print or audio cassette) please email alternativeformats@communities.gsi.gov.uk quoting the title and product code/ISBN of the publication, and your address and telephone number.
Each publication has its own HTML webpage providing a summary and the ISBN or product code.