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Unless the file size is 20 MegaBytes (20,000K) or larger, before using the process below, 

a person who has a “fast” internet connection first may want to attempt to open a file just 

by clicking the “File Name” link on the “File List” screen: 

 

PLEASE NOTE: 

1) To view some file Types (PDF, ZIP, etc.) stored in eLibrary, you must have 

installed their viewing software on your PC. Two such websites that offer 

software that is free for personal use (as of this writing) are: a) for viewing a PDFtype file - http://www.adobe.com; and, for unzipping a ZIP-type file -

http://www.pkware.com. 

2) In “Step 3”, you can select (click the check box of) more than one file at a time so 

they’ll download together in the same zip file, and it will be faster than 

downloading each separately.

3) The method used in these examples works for any file type (JPG, PDF, TIF, DOC, 

etc).

4) You can view additional “How To” information on eLibrary functionalities by 

clicking “Help” in the left toolbar of any eLibary screen.] 
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1) ACTION: Perform an eLibrary Search (e.g., General or Advanced). 

- You then will see the Search Results screen. 

- In this example, it shows a document which has the Category of 

“Submittal”, a Docket Number of “P-2539-023”, and the Accession

number of “20060623-5058”. 

- [Note that the file Sizes are large (10273K is about 10000K or 10 

MegaBytes - anything greater than about 1000K is large.)] 
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2) ACTION: Click on the FILE link for the document. 

- This will display the File List screen, showing the files and their Type. 
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3) On the File List screen, 

ACTION: Click the check box(es) next to the large file(s) you want to view. 

- In this example, it shows the large “PDF”-Type file GIPA02.PDF with 

its associated check box checked. 
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4) ACTION: click the DownLoad button on the bottom of the screen. 

5) A small cautionary screen with red lettering is displayed. 

ACTION: click Yes to continue. 
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6) Now, the File Download screen appears. 

ACTION: click the Open button. 

7) The screen will dynamically display the progress of downloading the file(s) in a selfextracting “zip” file. 
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8) Upon completion of the zip file download, the small WinZip screen will display the 

file(s) contained in the zip file; the first file is the pdf file of the document you want to 

view. 

ACTION: DOUBLE-click on the file Name to open it. 

- In this example, the file Name is “20060623-5058...” . 

9) It then opens in the “Adobe Acrobat” viewer (since the file Type is “PDF”, you must 

have previously installed this viewer on your PC). 
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[Please REMEMBER: Some file Types (PDF, etc.) require you to have their viewing 

software already installed on your PC.]