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Guide to downloading files from the WTO website The WTO website offers a range of information, guides, documents and videos which can be downloaded in various electronic formats. This page explains the difference between these formats. |
If you are looking for publications, go to the publications gateway. If you are looking for video and audio files go to the video and audio gateways. |
Portable document format was designed to preserve a document's page layout, regardless of the computer platform being used. To view or download these files you need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe site. Note that unless you acquire special software, pdf documents cannot be modified even if you download them.
Microsoft Word files (.doc) back to top We recommend downloading MS Word files and opening them using MS Word. Word files can also be viewed using special viewers such as Quick View Plus, but page layout and paragraph numbering may differ from the original document.
WordPerfect files (.wpf) back to top Some older files on the WTO website are available in WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format. Note that most of these are also available in pdf format. We recommend downloading WordPerfect files and opening them using MS Word. WordPerfect files can also be viewed using special viewers such as Quick View Plus, but page layout and paragraph numbering may differ from the original document.
Executable files (.exe) back to top Executable or .exe files perform an action when run locally on your computer once they have been downloaded and saved on your hard disk. For example, an .exe file might decompress itself to produce a number of documents, or it might install software when you run it by double-clicking. We recommend that you move each downloaded .exe file into its own folder before running it. Note that .exe files from the WTO site will run only on MS Windows-based machines.
Zip files (.zip) back to top Zip is a compression format used to reduce downloading times. “Zipped” files can be decompressed using software freely available from http://www.winzip.com/
Microsoft Access files (.mdb) back to top Microsoft Access is a database format which will allow you to sort and modify data. You need a full version of MS Access software to open files in this formt. In some cases (e.g. schedules of concessions and commitments on goods) data is provided in this format on the WTO website.
Microsoft Excel files (.xls) back to top Microsoft Excel is spreadsheet software, designed to manipulate and view numerical data such as statistics. We recommend downloading MS Excel files and opening them using MS Excel or other spreadsheet software. Excel files can also be viewed in your browser window using a special viewer such as QuickView, but page layout may differ from the original document.
Audio files back to top A number of different multimedia formats can be found on the WTO site. Podcasting You can also subscribe to be automatically alerted each time WTO publishes a new audio file. You will need to subscribe through an “aggregator” application such as Apple iTunes™ or MyYahoo! Copy the URL below:
Video formats back to top In order to cater for the wide range of user needs, videos are made available on the WTO website in a number of formats. FLV The default viewer does not allow you to download the full video to save it locally for offline playback. If you wish to do so, three alternative formats are available, listed below. Links for these formats are displayed below the Flash player. Right-click the appropriate link, and choose “Save target as” or “Save link as” depending on your browser. MP4 (fairly
high quality) Alternatively, MP4 files can be viewed with the free VLC viewer available from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Video is encoded at 640x480 pixels using the H264 codec. This is fairly high quality, but not broadcast quality. Windows Media Video
(low quality) MPEG2 (broadcast
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For our purposes downloading a file means to save it locally on your computer's hard disk. The page you are looking at now on your screen exists only in your computer's “live” memory. You cannot modify it, and it will not be accessible once you restart your computer, unless you connect to the Internet again. This is fine for surfing around the web, but sometimes you may want to keep documents for future use. Also, some formats, such as MS Word (.doc) were not originally designed for online browsing. They can be displayed in a browser window only by embedding Word or by using special viewers (such as Quick View Plus). The viewer gives an imperfect representation of the document, so the page layout, paragraph numbering etc. may be incorrect. For this reason, we recommend that you download .doc files and open them in MS Word rather than browsing online.
How do you download a file? >
If you are using Internet Explorer, click with the RIGHT mouse button on the hyperlink and choose “Save Target As”. > If you are using Firefox, click with the RIGHT mouse on the hyperlink and choose “Save Link As”. The browser normally prompts you for a folder to which to save files, and it provides a default filename. You can change the folder and filename if you wish. Make a note of the location and name. Once the file is downloaded to your hard drive it can be viewed by double clicking in Windows Explorer. |
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