The Web format for the published articles is
HyperText documents will be displayed by your browser
directly.
Postscript files can be read with ghostview on workstations
running X-windows and PCs running linux or GSview on PCs.
The program should already be installed on those systems.
If not, you can download the software and obtain information from the
ghostscript home page.
To read files in the PDF format you need the
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If it is not already installed on your system you can
download a free version of that software and obtain instructions on how to
install the program from the
Adobe WWW server.
Which viewer to use is pretty much a question of personal preference.
However, if you are reading the ICFA Instrumentation Bulletin (IIB)
with a browser that is running on a X-windows workstation we
recommend that you use ghostview to read the articles in compressed
postscript format (the files are usually smaller than the PDF versions).
On the other hand, if you are reading the IIB
with a browser that is running on a PC with MS windows or on a Mac we recommend
that you use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the articles in PDF format.
The primary use of the Hypertext format is fast and easy viewing of an
article without the need for a special previewer - it is therefore the
best choice for you if your computer and/or browser is not properly configured
for the PostScript and PDF formats and you experience problems when you want
to download the file.
However, the html format was generated automatically from the submitted LaTeX,
MS Word and PostScript files.
This means that errors may have occured during the conversion that cause
special characters and references within a document to be inaccurate.
Furthermore, since all figures are converted to the GIF format, the printed
output will be of poor quality.
Therefore, we recommend that you do not print out the html version of an
article but download the PostScript or PDF version for printing instead.
The PDF version of most of the documents was distilled from a PostScript file
sometimes created from LaTeX source which used Type 3 fonts.
The resultant PDF may be unreadable on the screen at the default
viewing magnification (fonts will appear bitmapped, jagged), though
the type will be legible at higher magnifications.
Despite the cosmetic problems resulting from the use Type 3 fonts in
the original source file, such PDF files print without problems;
likewise, the onscreen text is searchable and selectable.
In case of problems - Netscape maintains a nice
set of pages to help you to find and download the viewers you
need and to configure your browser to call the appropriate application.