| The pages look terrible and the colours are awful |
| When I try to print the page I only get part of it printed |
| What is PDF and how do I view it? |
Problems with colours
This website has been designed to be used with displays that use at least 64000 colours. If you are seeing a very blocky and ugly site, then it is possible that the colour settings on you computer are limiting you to 256 colours.You may be able to correct this by changing your colour settings on you computer. If you are using Microsoft Windows 95,98,2000 or XP, then then general method is to place your mouse on the main screen (without any windows open) and click the right mouse button. In the menu that is displayed, select the properties item. This will display a dialog box. Select the settings tab. You should be able to select the number of colours that your PC will use to display on the screen. If possible, select at least 64000 colours, which is sometimes called high color or 16 bit color.
Printing problems
If you are trying to print a whole page, including the banner at the top, the navigation menu at the left and the body of the page, but you find that only part of the page is being printed, then you need to change the printing options. Start by selecting the File->Print menu option. This will display a print dialog box. Select the Options tab at the top of the window.In the Print Frames box, select the As laid out on screen option. Close the dialog by clicking on
How to access PDF files
PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It is a document file format that is used to transfer print quality documents on the web.To view a PDF file you will need the free Acrobat pdf document reader. This is available on many cover CDs on popular computing magazines. If you haven't already got a copy of this, then you can get it from Adobe here. (This link will open a new window to allow you to get the PDF reader. Once you have installed the reader, you will be able to view and print the PDF documents.
