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Learning how to use spot  links is the fundamental skill in browsing the web.  Links are usually indicated in one of two ways.  If the link is in text, that text is generally underlined and in a different color.  All links cause the cursor to change as it is held over them--most of the time it changes from an arrow to a hand.

When opening a link, please realize that there are a number of extremely large documents on this site.  These files take a long time to download, and we have noted when these occur.  For an idea of how long a file will take to load, look at the bottom bar of your browser and there will be a blue bar giving you an estimate of what percentage of the file has been downloaded.  There is also a section on the bar telling you what the program is doing--sometimes it will say it is "opening" the file you are trying to load and other times it indicates that graphics are loading.  

To move through this site (or any other site) you can use the back button on your browser.  The back button also has an arrow pointing down-- clicking on this gives you a view of the last ten pages you have visited, and allows you to return to those pages.

One of the easiest ways to get information from this site to your computer is to copy the material you want from the page and paste it into a program on your computer (generally a word processor like Word or WordPerfect).  To select the text you want to copy, place your cursor in the document and highlight the desired area or go to the "Edit" menu and choose select all.  After you have selected what you want to copy, either hit "Ctrl-C" or go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Copy."  Once you have copied the material, open a document you would like to place it in (generally a word processor), and either hit "Ctrl-V" or go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Paste."

Another way to get information on your computer is to save the page you want to your hard drive.  To do this, go to the "File" menu and choose "Save As."  After you click this option a screen will come up asking you where you want to save this file and what you want to call it.

All of the document footnotes on this site are active, so that clicking on the footnote in the main text will take you into the footnote.  When you desire to return to the main text, click on the arrow button at the end of the footnote and you will be returned to the main portion of the document.  The footnotes can also be viewed scrolling to the end of the document.

A number of pages on this site use frames.  This means that several pages are showed at the same time, generally to assist in easy access between various pages.  Moving back and forth between frames can be somewhat confusing if you are using the back button of your browser, because each time you click on a link in the frames page the browser sees that as a new page.  Therefore, getting back to a page can take a while when using the back button.  Generally, it is best to move from the frames pages either by using the drop-down menu of the back button or the CDN header.

Many of the links on this site are designed to open a new window.  This allows you to compare documents easily.  To close the new window, go to the "File" menu and choose "Close" or go the top right corner and left-click on the "X".  To keep the window open but not in view, go to the top right corner and left click on the "_" button.  If you would like the window to encompass the entire screen, go to the top right corner and left-click on the box button.  If the window is using the entire screen and you want it in only a portion of the screen, go to the top right corner and left-click on the button with two boxes.

To get back to the home page, the HAT contents page, or the FDPRC contents page, all you need to do when coming from most pages is click on the CDN header in a particular place.  The graphic should change when you move your cursor over it, demonstrating which page each section will take you to.  To go to the page, click on the appropriate section.

Some of the pages on this site have material that may not be apparent at a quick glance.  Where there is a scroll bar on the right hand side of the window or the bottom of the window it is an indication that more material is available.  To view the material not shown, use the arrows at either end of the scroll bar to move through the document.

A number of pages in this site use collapsing lists.  These are identified by the arrow pointing downward.  By clicking on this arrow, more material is shown.  Clicking on the arrow after the extra material has been shown causes the material to be hidden again.  This function does not work in versions of Netscape older than 4.61, or versions of Explorer older than 4.0.  Where the browser does not support this function it will show the entire list uncollapsed.)