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How to open the ACS self-assessment workbook

Updated 24 March 2026

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The ACS self-assessment workbook is a PDF. Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat. Do not open it in your web browser. If you do, the interactive function will not work.

Follow the steps below to open the workbook:

  1. Right click the ‘ACS self-assessment workbook’ link on the webpage.
  2. Select ‘Save link as’.
  3. Save the PDF to your device.
  4. Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat.

You can check the interactive function is working properly by marking the required achievement level for indicator 1.1.1 as complete. If you go to the ‘self-assessment summary’ page at the end of the workbook, it should say that you have met 1 out of 78 indicators. Under ‘Criterion 1. Strategy’, it should say that you have met 1 out of 11 indicators.

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