Instructions for
viewing and downloading

Seattle CAFR documents are provided in Adobe® Acrobat™ (.pdf) format. There are two ways to view these documents:
1) requires you, the user, to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, or
2) access Adobe's PDF conversion tool. Here you will simply enter the URL to the PDFdocument (The PDF document will instantly be converted to an HTML document viewable through your browser --no "plug-in" needed. The process is quick and easy, and you'll be amazed at the results! This process is NOT recommended for charts.

If you are having problems viewing the PDF files, here are some troubleshooting tips to consider:

1. Too many PDF files open at once
   This can happen in both Netscape and Internet Explorer. If you get this message, close some of the opened PDF files. Although the PDF files are compressed, they're still rather large.
2. Out-of-memory notice
   You may get this message when trying to open an organizational chart. There are no known solutions to this problem. If this persist, we'll remove the organizational charts from the web.
3. PDF files don’t open at all
   If the PDF files don't open at all even though the location indicates that the files are open, try this: click the BACK button and then click the FORWARD button, you should be able to get the file to load. This is a known problem with Netscape only. You may want to consider downloading Internet Explorer for free.