Help

We are developing this website to ensure it works well on all the common computer platforms.

Software

We try not to use too many plug-ins but...

To view PDFs, you will need an Acrobat Reader (see notes below)
To view the molecular models, you will need a CHIME viewer
To view the animations, you will need a Flash/Shockwave viewer

Browser compatibility

• We test the pages on several browsers (For Netscape and Internet Explorer, versions 3.0 or higher are best).
• For the CHIME molecular models, both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, versions 3.0 and 4.0 or higher, are known to work well (with the appropriate CHIME plug-in).

Viewing

• We hope the site will be easy to read on 15+ inch monitor screens

Printing size

• We have sized the tables and PDFs so they should print onto A4 or US letter paper (if you have problems, try selecting or deselecting 'shrink to fit').

Colour

• We have tried to use only a few colours on most pages, which are viewable on 256 colour monitors.
• The animations and figures/photographs do use millions of colours (let us know if you have problems?).
• We have used a white background on the pages (check your browser is not changing the colour of pages).

Graphics and figures

• Although we have tried to provide 'text alternatives', the site will be much better on browsers that allow graphics.
• You need your graphics facility to be 'switched on' on the browser.

Adobe Acrobat™ PDF files

• PDF files can be read on any computer platform (within reason) but need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader™ (or Adobe Acrobat Exchange™) on the hard disk.
• You can use the Reader software to zoom in and out, do finds etc (don't try to use the 'Find' facility on your browser window within PDF files - it won't work).

• We make a table of contents and thumbnails of the pages, which can be accessed by the first few icons on the grey toolbar in the Adobe Acrobat Reader/Exchange™.

• The software is free and can be downloaded from the Adobe site. It is also often bundled with other software that has a user manual or supplement published in PDF. It is also found on the free disks/ or CD-ROMs attached to computer/Internet magazines. More information can be obtained from the Adobe™ site.
• If the files don't load, you might need to set up a link from your browser to the Reader plug-in, or for the larger files you might need to allocate more memory to the Reader.
• Since we launched the site, the Acrobat Reader has changed from version 2 to 3 to 4; we shall try to make the PDFs we publish viewable by all these versions but if you have trouble, it would be worth trying a more recent version of the Reader.
• We have designed the template for the PDF version to be compatible with both US letter and A4 paper.

Dynamic sitemap

• Enables you to navigate around the website without using frames.
• Loads a new, small browser window showing a series of expandable 'folders and files'. Just click on the 'folders' to expand them, and double click on the filenames of 'files' to open specific pages. A selected page will open in a new browser window, but further requests should open in the same window.
• You should end up with only three windows: the original window you used to load the sitemap window (you can close this and still navigate around the site), the sitemap window and the window with the results from any selections. You can, of course, close the sitemap window and revert to navigating around the site by using the buttons or links.
• Uses JavaScript, which is a platform-independent applet (small computer program) that temporarily loads onto your computer (from our website server over the web).
• Will only work on browsers than can accept and run such applets (Netscape 3.0 and 4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0 seem to be fine). If your browser won't work you should be referred back to the static sitemap page.

Please contact us if you have any specific problems and we will try to solve them. As we solve people's problems (and our own), we will post the answers here.

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