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N a v i g a t i o n a n d U s e r T i p s

G E N E R A L

Information on the president.gov.mt web site conforms to guidelines designed to help easy navigation.

All pages are set up to allow access by various browser versions. When browsing on a Netscape browser, this web site is best viewed with Version 6.2.

The following information will help you understand what standards we have applied to the site and how to deal with certain file types.

N A V I G A T I O N

Each of the president.gov.mt main web pages has a navigation bar down at the far end of the screen.

There are no graphical navigation buttons within the no frames environment as they are unnecessary devices which can in many cases be more of a hindrance than a help.

The text links will lead the user to the link preferred. All pictures are equipped with alt tags which give a brief description of the picture. This can be viewed by placing the pointer over the graphic.

S I T E S P E C I F I C A T I O N

The president.gov.mt web site has been designed with all users in mind.

The standard outline guide for the site was for an SVGA resolution monitor (800 x 600) using 256 colours. The site is quite useable with specifications lower than this.

B R O W S E R C O M P A T A B I L I T Y

The president.gov.mt web site has been fully tested on a number of browsers on the majority of existing computer operating systems.

While every effort has been made to ensure that the site is fully usable there are a number of small issues which The Office of the President and MITTS are trying to tackle.

P R I N T I N G P A G E S

Any page can be printed from the web by the user selecting file, print from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Netscape.

B O O K M A R K I N G P A G E S

To bookmark a particular page the user selects Favorites, Add to Favorites from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Bookmarks, Add Bookmarks in Netscape.

S E A R C H I N G

To complete a search the user has to enter a word or collection of words into the text search box. Pressing the return key or clicking on the search button will present the user with a listing of documents which correspond to the search details. These results will be rated, the most complete matches will be listed first, decreasing in relevance as the user goes further down the list. The search facility can be found on the link here

S U B M I T T I N G F E E D B A C K

president.gov.mt supplies a feedback form to give users an opportunity to voice their comments.

Once the form has been completed the user must click on the submit button at the bottom of the page. This will forward the information to the president.gov.mt service.

We cannot reply to every query but each one will be read and acted upon where necessary.

S A V I N G P A G E S

Any page displayed on your browser can be saved to your local drive. Select File, Save as from the menu option within Microsoft IE and Netscape

I N F O R M A T I O N

Some pages within the president.gov.mt service are in other formats other than HTML or XHTML. These are MS Word documents and MS PowerPoint files. To read these files the user requires the MS Word and MS PowerPoint software respectively.