This is the DOWNLOAD INFORMATION page. Download files are in a variety of formats.
Documents that are intended to be edited to fit the local congregation's needs are Microsoft Word 2003 documents. [Word 2003 documents end with ".doc".] Microsoft Word can be purchased as a standalone product from Microsoft or as part of a Microsoft Office package. Newer versions of Microsoft Word
are backwards compatible with the Word 2003 ".doc" format. For information on purchasing Microsoft Word or a Microsoft Office package, visit Microsoft Office Online or a local computer software retailer.
Microsoft Office can be purchased at a significant discount from retail prices through the General Assembly's Presbyterian Purchasing Partnership. Additional information about the partnership is at Software Partnership.
You can also download a suite of office products that are compatible with the Microsoft Office document formats at OpenOffice.org. "Open Office" is from Sun Microsystems and stores data in an open standard format and can
also read and write files from many other office software packages. OpenOffice.org can be downloaded and used free of charge.
Documents that are not intended to be edited are usually in Portable Document Format (PDF) files that end in ".pdf". Free Adobe Acrobat Reader software is available that allows PDF files to be downloaded, viewed and printed, but PDF
documents cannot easily be changed or edited. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is from Adobe Systems.
Occasionally other file formats will be used. Microsoft PowerPoint presentations are in a PowerPoint Show format (.pps) that can be viewed without any special software on your computer.
Complete web pages can be saved on your computer or printed on your printer using the "File → Save As" or "File → Print" functions on your web browser menu.
North Central Iowa Presbytery
2302 Falls Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50701
319-233-1747
319-233-2015 (fax)
