Font/Type Size | Browsers | File formats | Downloading files
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Font/Type size

The website is built with the font type of Verdana in a default font size of x-small, which is 12 point. If you wish to view the main content area of the site in a larger font size, you can alter the type size in your browser:

• In Internet Explorer: View -> Text Size -> then select a larger size
• In Netscape: View -> Text Zoom -> then select a larger size

Browsers

There are variety of browsers in use today, with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator being the two most commonly used. Popular online services, like America Online, have modified versions of one of these two browsers (depending on your version) integrated into their user interface. Additional browsers include Lynx, Opera Software's Opera and Netscape's Open Source browser, Mozilla.

ResDAC's web site had been tested with major browser releases for compatability.

File formats

Virtually all of the information and content on the ResDAC site (www.resdac.umn.edu) is posted in open-standard, accessible formats (e.g., HTML, text, etc.).

However, certain areas of the website have content available in specialized media formats, such as Adobe PDF documents, Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, where special viewers are sometimes needed to view the content, depending on the user's particular computer setup. Links to viewers for these formats are listed below.

	.PDF's Adobe Acobat		Adobe Acrobat files (often called PDFs) are used to retain the formatting of printed documents. To view PDF files, you will need the viewer, Adobe Acrobat Reader. A viewer for PDFs is available for download from Adobe.
	.DOC's Microsoft Word		Word is a popular word processing application from Microsoft. The viewer is available for Windows and MacOS platforms. Additionally, most other office suites (e.g., StarOffice, OpenOffice, Lotus, WordPerfect) can read Word files. A viewer for Word files is available for download from Microsoft.
	.XLS's Microsoft Excel		Excel is a popular spreadsheet application from Microsoft. Occasionally, tabular data sets will be made available in Excel format. Additionally, most other office suites (e.g., StarOffice, Lotus, WordPerfect) can read Excel files. A viewer for Excel files is available for download from Microsoft.

Downloading files

Tips on viewing and downloading files: Depending on the configuration of your computer, files of the types listed below may:

• Open inside of your web browser,
• Open in a new program window, or
• Ask you where on your computer you wish to save the file. If you would like to download a copy of the file to your computer, simply right-click (on Windows) or command-click (on Macintosh) and choose "Save Target As..." (IE) or "Save Link As..." (Netscape).
  
  This allows you to save a copy of the file to your computer, rather than having the computer try to open the file inside your web browser (which it may not be able to do).

Printing web site pages

The ResDAC web site can be printed directly from the user's browser by hitting the "Printer" icon in the taskbar, or going to File -> Print. For best viewing results, you should set the printing to "Landscape" first.

Need more help?

If you can't find what you are looking for on the web site, the FAQ and Sitemap are great spots to start.

Otherwise, if you are tired of poking around, you are more than welcome to contact us for help at 1-888-9RESDAC, or e-mail the webmaster if you have specific questions.