Visitor's Guide
Welcome to the Visitors Guide. We
hope your web experience is as useful and rewarding.
To help achieve that goal, the site implements a consistent,
user-friendly design and navigational structure and uses
a myriad of popular Internet technologies to enhance
your experience. For questions about the Conference please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page.
Third Party Plug-ins
What is a plug-in?
What plug-ins are used on
the WHCoA Web Site?
Free Plug-ins
For your convenience here are the plug-ins you may need
to install to view some of the content in WHCoA’s
Multimedia Gallery:
What are PDF's and how do
I use them?
File sizes will be indicated after
the PDF or Microsoft Word icons within brackets "[file
size]".
To view a PDF file, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
installed on your personal computer. Acrobat® Reader
can be downloaded from Adobe's web site at no cost.
PDF Files and Accessibility
Adobe has made considerable progress in making pdf files
accessible to users with visual impairments who browse
the web using screen reader software. Adobe currently
offers two options:
- Version 5.0 of the free Adobe Acrobat
Reader contains many enhancement to support the accessibility
of pdf document. In addition, Adobe will offer a free,
downloadable plug-in beginning in Spring 2001. The
Acrobat 5.0 Make Accessible plug-in works with the
full version of Acrobat 5.0 for Windows to let document
authors convert untagged Adobe PDF files into tagged
Adobe PDF files
- Online conversion tools for
Adobe PDF Documents to help visually disabled users
whose screen reader software is not compatible with
the Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0. These online tools
convert PDF documents into either HTML or ASCII text,
which can then be read by a number of common screen
reader programs. These tools approximate the logical
reading order of the text in an Adobe PDF document
and reformat it into a single column of text.
See: http://access.adobe.com for
additional information and links to the software.
If you have difficulty
opening PDF file(s) on the WHCoA Web Site:
Some users have reported difficulty in downloading the
pdf files directly from their browsers. If you experience
this problem, click on "Refresh" or "Reload" on
your browser Toolbar. If that does not help, right+click
on the link to the pdf file, save the file to your hard
drive, and then open the file by double clicking on it
from Windows Explorer.
It is also recommended that you:
- upgrade to the latest version
of your browser (for MS Internet Explorer, this is
currently 5.5, for Netscape this is 6.01); and
- upgrade to the latest version
of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (currently 5.0).
Advanced troubleshooting information
for the Adobe Acrobat Reader may be found on the Adobe
web site at:
Alternatively, we will be happy
to email you the pdf file which you wish to open. Users
have reported no problems opening emailed files.
We regret this inconvenience are working
to identify the source of this difficulty.
Opening/Saving/Printing
You may choose to "click" on the link to open/view the
file using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader or "right-mouse click" on
the link (Mac: command + click) and choose the option "save
target as", "save link as", or "save file as" to save
the file on your computer.
If you choose to print, press the "print" icon (picture
of a printer) on the Acrobat® Toolbar. If you choose
to save the PDF after viewing, click on the "save" icon
(picture of a disc) on the Acrobat® Toolbar; then browse
to where you would like to save the file.
Adobe® Acrobat® Tool Bar
For more information on Adobe® Acrobat® or to get the
free plug-in please click on the Adobe® link below.
Other Plug-ins:
Audio Instructions
Sound clips/files can be played on most any computer,
however the file sizes can be considerably large. To
play .wav files you will need a browser plug-in or
other program that can handle them. WHCoA patrons can
use QuickTime, Media Player or Real Player, which can
play files of many different formats on both PC and
Macintosh.
Video Instructions
WHCoA Video clips are in the following formats:
Video clips/files can be played on
most any computer, however the file sizes can be considerably
large. To play video clips/ files you will need a browser
plug-in or other program that can handle them. WHCoA
patrons can use QuickTime, Media Player or Real Player,
which can play files of many different formats on both
PC and Macintosh.
[00:02:30:10] SMPTE - Society of Motion
Pictures and Television Engineers - Video Time Code -
Where the above clip plays for 2 minutes, 30 seconds
and 10 Frames.
PowerPoint Instructions
WHCoA PowerPoint presentations are available for viewing
and downloading. You may choose to "click" on
the link to open/view the file using PowerPoint or "right-mouse
click" on the link (Mac: command + click) and choose
the option "save target as", "save link
as", or "save file as" to save the file
on your computer.
Photo Instructions
WHCoA photos are available for viewing and downloading.
You may choose to "click" on the link to open/view
the file viewing it in the browser or "right-mouse
click" on the link (Mac: command + click) and choose
the option "save target as", "save link
as", or "save file as" to save the file
on your computer.
Site Layout/Navigation Since
people understand information in different ways, the
WHCoA Web Site has been organized and designed to allow
you to navigate through the site with relative ease.
The representative page shown below is a Content Level
Page.
