Site Tips
The following are tips on using this web site, but many apply to web
sites in general. These are not recommendations or endorsements, but are
meant to provide information if you need help. You are in charge of your
computer and its software; the following is for your information only.
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Maps | PDF Reader | Large
File Sizes | Web Browsers-General | Web
Browsers - New Window
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Maps
Maps pose interesting challenges as they often contain much graphical
detail and are designed for printing on large sheets of paper. Many
environmental projects have maps that fall into this category.
When viewing a map on the screen with Adobe Acrobat,
use the zoom in and zoom out functions to view a particular section
of the map.
Printing on 8.5" x 11" paper, a map which
was designed for a larger sheet of paper, usually results in an image
which is greatly "shrunken" so it fits the paper's dimensions.
If you need a full-sized hardcopy, contact the project leader for
information on how to obtain a printed copy.
Another Display Option - An option for maps that
are not displaying correctly in Internet Explorer/Adobe Acrobat is
to download/save the file to your hard drive and view it with Adobe
Acrobat Reader alone - without the Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.
It seems particular versions of IE and Acrobat do not display maps
well when asked to work together.
Lastly, you may need to refresh the Adobe Acrobat
Reader screen if a map does not fully display - sometimes the label
backgrounds look "transparent" instead of white because
the Reader does not fully display the image the first time.
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PDF Reader
Many of the documents on this website are in PDF (portable document
format). The most well-known reader for pdf's is Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Like your web browser, it is recommended that you have a recent version.
Older versions cannot read the documents as well.
Adobe Acrobat Reader Tips - For helpful hints on
how to use the features within the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can view
the Kootenai
NF's helpful information.
Display - If .pdf maps are not displaying properly
(lacking color or other features for maps, for instance) and you are
using Internet Explorer (IE) as your web browser, you may need to
set the Adobe Acrobat Reader so it works independently of IE. The
Adobe web site has some information on how "Configuring the browser
to open PDF files in an Acrobat window" at: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/98fe.htm.
Consult the Adobe web site at http://www.adobe.com/
for more information on any other question related to the Adobe Acrobat
software.
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Large File
Sizes
"Large" depends on your computer's capability so this tip
is relative to what you are using to view the Internet. A 2 megabyte
file may take a very long time to download for viewing/saving if you
have a slow modem connection or minimal memory for instance. But that
same file may be a piece of cake for someone with a DSL or wireless
connection and plenty of memory. If the file you want to view is "large"
then you may want to download the file to your hard drive (if you
have the disk space) before viewing it.
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Web Browsers - General
It is good to have the most current version of your
web browser whether it is Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Opera
or any other web browser. Please visit the web sites of these products
to download the latest copies of their software - most web browsers
are free.
In general, older versions of web browsers cannot display web pages
as well as new versions can. Web browsers such as Netscape and Internet
Explorer have versions 4.x and earlier which cannot fully display
today's web technology.
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Web
Browsers - New Window
If you want a link to open in a new window in Internet
Explorer, hold the shift key down while clicking the link.
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