APA Web Document HELP

The APA provides documents in HTML, PDF and FlashPaper formats. We hope the following instructions will meet all your needs. If you need further assistance, please contact us.

FlashPaper

Files or links with .SWF for an extension are FlashPaper documents.

Resizing/Magnifying the page...
Printing...
Searching...
Copy/Paste...
Saving...
System Requirements...

Resizing/Magnifying the page

FlashPaper documents can be resized in your browser for better viewing. Use the slider bar in the tool bar at the top of the FlashPaper document. The current magnification is indicated as a percent to the right of the slider tool.

Printing

At the top of the FlashPaper document is a FlashPaper tool bar. At the right of the tool bar (second from the end) is the PRINT icon. Click this print icon to print the FlashPaper document. A printer dialog window will appear where you can choose to print the whole document or selected pages and define other printing parameters. DO NOT USE THE BROWSER PRINT TOOL. If you try to print a FlashPaper document with the browser print tool, you will not be able to print the document.

Searching

At the top of the FlashPaper document is a FlashPaper tool bar. Find the MAGNIFY GLASS on this tool bar. To the left of the magnify glass is an input box that enables you to type in a word or phrase. Enter what you want to search for here and then press the magnify glass. The FlashPaper document will highlight the first occurance in green. Click the magnify glass again to find the next occurance. You can also hit Enter instead of clicking the magnify glass. Don't use quotes, they're entered for you automatically.

Copy/Paste

At the top of the FlashPaper document is a FlashPaper tool bar. Find the icon that looks like a capital "I" (second from the left.) Click the "I" tool and drag it over the text to be copied to the system clipboard. Text is highlighted in green. On the keyboard, PRESS CTRL-C. The text is now copied to the clipboard. You cannot right-click the green text or use Edit>Copy menu to copy the text. The only way to copy selected text is to use Ctrl C on the keyboard.

Saving

On a web page that links to a FlashPaper file, right-click the link and choose "Save" or "Save Target As..." A dialog will appear to enter where you want to save the file to. FlashPaper documents have a .SWF extension. These files saved to your system can be opened in your browser.

System Requirements

FlashPaper files are displayed with Macromedia Flash. This is a common browser plug-in used on many websites.

For complete Flash requirements, please see the Macromedia Flash Player Requirements webpage. http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/productinfo/systemreqs/

The APA has used the same Flash format for over a year and expects to continue with the same format.

Summary of Operating Systems and Browsers as of 2/2006:

Windows 98 and ME - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 7.x and above, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 and above

Windows 2000 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 7.x and above, CompuServe 7, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 and above

Windows XP - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x and above, CompuServe 7, AOL 9, Opera 7.11 and above

Mac OS X 10.1.x, Mac OS X 10.2.x, Mac OS X 10.3.x, or Mac OS X 10.4.x - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2, Firefox 1.x, Mozilla 1.x, Netscape 7.x and above, AOL for OS X, Opera 6, or Safari 1.x and above

Acrobat PDF

Files or links with .PDF for an extension are Adobe Acrobat documents.

Required Software:

You will need the following software to view Agency documents:

Macromedia Flash Player for most other mailing materials
get Flash Player...

Adobe Acrobat for PDF documents
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Clicking the links above will take you away from the APA website. Instructions are provided at Adobe and Macromedia on how to download and install their software.