Printing using Adobe Reader
You should not have any problems printing from your web browser. Just press the print button. Note, however, that the web pages are not optimised for printing and you will find printed images chopped in half or distorted.
Printing from PDF files using Adobe Reader is the preferred printing solution for certain units. For some units, web (HTML) pages that would not print successfully also have a printable PDF file linked to them. Usually, where a PDF version of a topic exists you can reach it from a link near the top of the main page for that topic.
You may find that your printer fails to print some pages, or that some pages take a long time to print. This is most likely due to memory limitations in your printer (or a low memory setting in your printer driver). It is best to persist with printing from the PDF files, as you can always guarantee that the phonetic fonts will display correctly. Sometimes it is possible to print a large PDF file by printing a few pages at a time.
If you are unable to print from Adobe reader, then print the equivalent HTML file from your browser. Even if sound is a problem on your browser, viewing and printing the tutorial pages (as well as the lecture pages) should not be a problem as long as the phonetic fonts are able to display on your browser.
If you are unable to print the material and feel that hard-copy is absolutely essential to you then you may request a printout of the material. We only have a small number of printouts available and the printouts are only available for the entire course, not for individual topics. Requests can be made to the Linguistics Distance Learning Office (only if you are a distance-mode student) or to your course convenor (see your course main page for contact details).
Adobe Reader
How Do I Obtain and Install Adobe Reader?
Click here for instructions on how to obtain and install Acrobat Reader.
Adobe Reader User Guide
Once you have installed Acrobat Reader you will be able to read the Adobe Reader User Guide.