# Help on this

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-on-this/129011>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 21, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-on-this/129011 "2002-09-21T18:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Montezuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montezuma)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-on-this/129011/1 "2002-09-21T18:27:41Z")

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I have just added a cia page onto my favourites file, and all the documents are in PDF format, I was just wondering, how can I read them? I tried to read it on word, but it came out as gobbledigook, do I need anything special to read them or can you decode them using word?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-on-this/129011/2 "2002-09-21T18:33:01Z")

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You need the free [Adobe Acrobat](http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html) Reader.