How to navigate the site

We hope you will find Challenging Arthritis easy and rewarding to use. Your site menu is on the left of the page. Main menu items are in white, with topics in those sections in yellow. You'll find that as you click on a main menu item, the topics for that section will display.

You can use the menu to quickly access sections and topics. We recommend that as you work your way through the site, you use the right arrow at the bottom of each page to move forward. Some topics are continued over several pages before moving to a new one.

Once you have registered and received your username and password, you'll have access to the Challenging Arthritis modules. At the very bottom of each page throughout the modules, you'll find a link to our Site Map, which can direct you to any page at the click of a button, and also a link called Help which will take you back to this page.

Screen Resolution

Pages on this website were designed to be viewed at a screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Other resolutions (eg, 640x480 or 1024x768) should also be fine, but will affect the size at which text and images appear on the screen - a lower resolution makes things larger but reduces how many fit on a single page, a higher resolution allows much more to fit but presents everything smaller.

Anyone who experiences difficulty viewing information on their screen may like to try a lower resolution. Conversely, anyone wishing to reduce the amount of navigation required (eg, using left, right, up, down arrows) may prefer a higher resolution to maximise the amount fitted on each page.

Some versions of Microsoft Windows (eg, Windows XP and Windows 2000) also include a handy utility called "Magnifier" which allows users to magnify an area of their screen by running a 'magnifying glass' icon over it. In Windows XP, the Magnifier utility may be found by clicking on Start and then selecting Programs - Accessories - Accessibility - Magnifier. Further information about this utility may be found on the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/advanced/help/about_magnify.htm

Links

Links to other sites will open up in a new internet browser window when you click on them with the left hand mouse button. This means you can still keep this Challenging Arthritis website open while you look at another website.

Links to Adobe Acrobat files will also open up when you click on them with the left hand mouse button. To read them, you will need Adobe Acrobat, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe website by clicking here. If you are using a library or internet cafe to view this site, ask the supervisor if the PC you are using has Acrobat installed.

What should I do to download or print?

Do I need to download or print anything? You do not have to download anything if you don't wish to because all of the information is presented within the pages of each Module. However, some people may wish to download material for later study or review (or to produce in hard copy on their printer) and so we've provided the same material in the form of downloadable PDF documents.

How do you download? Windows users should click on the link with the right hand mouse button, and choose "Save Target As..." and then pick a folder to save it to on your hard drive.

You can choose to print individual pages too, by clicking on the printer button in your internet browser window, or clicking on File and then Print in the internet browser menu, if you would like to keep a copy in the folder supplied with your Diary. There is a range of information available in your Diary.

Any further questions you may have please phone toll free 1800 332 131 and we will assist you.