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What is a PDF?
Why this Format?
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PDF stands
for Portable Document Format. It's easy to download the Atlas PDFs from
this website.
To open the files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher —6
is best. If you don't already have it, get it FREE from www.adobe.com.
You can download and install this free software in about five minutes.
Click here
for the Atlas preview. |
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Advantages
of PDFs
This on-demand, eco-efficient format can be accessed quickly, anywhere in
the world. PDFs can be produced in unlimited quantities*, appearing exactly
as designed. This versatile "open format" publication can be:
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enjoyed
on your computer while offline |
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printed
out, bound and read as Atlas books |
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shared
in displays in classrooms, conferences and community meetings (on-screen,
projection or on paper) |
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shared
by email with friends and colleagues |
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See FAQs below for more about these options. |
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The
Atlas includes 88 pages illustrated with over 350 photos, graphics and map
views. Each PDF includes hotlinks, allowing you to click directly to websites
mentioned in the Stories.
These files look just like pages of a book, but are far more flexible.
Click Colophon for more about the
choices we made and design tools used in creating the Green Map Atlas.
*See our Re-Publishing Guidelines
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