Technical Issues
This section aims to help you to maximize your browsing experience
while visiting this site. It explains how to optimally view this
site, demystifies PDF and zip file formats, and viewing video files.
Click on a topic listed on the left.
Browsers
There are a number of things that you can do to optimize the
look of this site on your computer. We recommend browsing with
either:
These browsers are free downloads. The pages on this site are
designed to take advantage of browser features such as Javascript.
Both Microsoft and Netscape browsers support Javascript, but sometimes
in slightly different ways.
If you're not using Netscape or Internet Explorer, you will also
get a good view of this site by using a browser that supports
tables, forms, and images.
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Resolution
These pages are developed for 800 x 600 resolution and up -
and is best viewed in 1024 x 768 resolution. This ensures that
everyone can enjoy horizontal-free scrolling when viewing these
pages.
You can easily change the resolution setting on your computer
(PCs) by putting your mouse cursor on your desktop area, then
right-click:
> Select 'Properties'
> In the Display Properties window, select 'Settings'
> Adjust the Screen Resolution to your desired size (1024
x 768 recommended)
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Portable Document Format (PDF)
PDF is used because it maintains the original look and feel
of documents, and allows placement of publications and scanned
in articles to be viewed on the web in a quick and efficient manner.
Further, PDF products are independent of platforms, applications,
and distribution media.
Versions of Acrobat Reader exist for all major computer platforms
and operating systems.
Download
the Adobe Acrobat Reader software now! This reader is free of
charge. Please follow the instructions on the Adobe Acrobat download
page to install the Acrobat Reader.
Having problems with PDF Files?
Should you experience PDF files appearing as a blank window
within Internet Explorer after downloading and are using Adobe
Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or earlier, please upgrade to a later
version (go to download link above).
If this does not resolve the issue please follow the following
steps:
Use the "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" option to download
the PDF file directly to your hard drive and bypass the Acrobat
Reader plug-in.
1. Using the right-side mouse button click on the file (click
on the title link) you are interested in.
2. Select the "save target as" option in Internet Explorer, or
"save link as" in Netscape.
3. Save as type should be "Adobe Acrobat Document" or "all files."
4. Make sure you name the file (or accept the name supplied).
5. Know the location of where you are saving it.
6. Hit save.
7. Use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file after downloading.
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Video/Audio Playback
About Video and Audio Playback
The video files on this site have been created for higher speed
connections. Videos will display using both Windows Media Player
(for PC users) and QuickTime (for Mac users).
If you have a 56K or lower modem speed, it is recommended that
you download the video file and play it on your computer. You
can do this by right-clicking on the link and choosing "Save
File As". The downloaded version will always play better
than the online viewable copy; this is due to performance reasons.
Windows - Click
here to acquire the free Windows Media Player
Macintosh - Click
here to acquire the free QuickTime Movies Player
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ZIP Format Archive Files
A Zip format allows extremely large files to be combined and
compressed and thus downloaded with more speed and ease. The user
requires an "unzip" utility to extract these files from an "archive"
(all files for downloading have been compressed using zip archiving
and compression).
The time it takes to download a file depends on two factors:
the size of the file and your connection speed. To estimate the
time required to download a file we have provided a link to a
File
Download Time Calculator.
To acquire the decompressing utility for your computer's operating
system, click on the appropriate link below:
Windows - Download
a trial version of Winzip
Macintosh - Download
a zip/unzip utility for Macintosh (MacZip)
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