For help with how to answer questions on the reporting forms, call 1-800-922-VAWA or email at vawamei@usm.maine.edu

For help with downloading and submitting reporting forms online on the GMS system, call the GMS Hotline at 1-888-549-9901. Click here to go to the GMS System

How to open and download documents?

Portable Document Format (PDF) Documents

PDF is a reliable format for electronic document exchange. It preserves document integrity so that the files can be viewed and printed on a variety of platforms.

This is a tutorial to help you understand how to open/read, save, and print the PDF files from our web site, to your computer. Using PDF files eliminates incompatibility problems with different word processors on different computers, everyone sees the same thing on any computer.

To read or open PDF documents

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 6.0 or version 7.0) installed on your computer in order open/read, save, and print these types of files. The reader is available for free from Adobe. If you don't have it installed or have an older version, go to Adobe's site, download and install it.

To download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader click on the following icon or link:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL ADOBE READER 8.0

Full instructions are available at adobe's site explaining how to install the Reader. Once installed the Acrobat Reader will add a plug in for your Browser, that will allow you to view PDF files online.

From this point on you do not have to do anything special to read PDF files, just click on any link to a PDF, just as you would any link in your web browser, and Acrobat Reader will start and load the PDF file into your browser window.

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To Save PDF documents on your drive

Method 1
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later, right-click (Windows) or hold down the mouse button (Mac OS) on the link to the PDF file, and then choose Save Link As (Internet Explorer 3.x) or Save Target As (Internet Explorer 4.x or later) from the pop-up menu. Enter the location and filename and select Save.
In Netscape Navigator 3.x or later, right-click (Windows) or hold down the mouse button (Mac OS) on the link to the PDF file, then choose Save Link As from the pop-up menu. Enter the location and filename and select Save.

Method 2
The PDF document (or file) automatically opens in Adobe Acrobat Reader once you have the program installed.
To save the file to your computer's hard drive, click the Adobe Save button (see below).

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To Print PDF documents

To print the file to your printer, click the Adobe Print button (see below).

For more information or help on PDF documents please visit the web sitehttp://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat

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Power Point Presentations

This is a tutorial to help you understand how to open Power Point Presentations from our web site, to your computer if your computer does not have the MS Power Point Program.

While the usage of the Power Point Presentations has been widespread, the program isn't on every computer. To keep Power Point the standard, Microsoft distributes a nice tool for computers that don't have the program. Microsoft Power Point Viewer 97 lets anyone open and view PPT, PPS and POT formatted files.

Despite its rather outdated name, the program is capable of opening any file that was created with Power Point versions 95, 97 and certain aspects of Power Point 2000 and 2002 files. Further, the program works with output from both Windows and Macintosh editions of the software.

Click here to Download Microsoft Power Point Viewer 97. Full instructions explaining how to install the program are available at this site.

The Viewer's bland Windows-style interface is easy to use. Simply browse the hard drive and select a file. As the program runs the slides, you'll see all the included animation, effects and action settings. Click the arrow to move forward or backward through the presentation, or use the menu system to jump directly to individual slides. Please note that you can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them in the Power Point Viewer.

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