Indicators 1998

Features of Science and Engineering Indicators 1998 on the Web

Available Formats

1. Enhanced HTML (HTML 4.0)
   This version offers easy navigation to any section of Science and Engineering Indicators 1998; at any point in the site, you're only two clicks away from any section of the report. Each chart opens in its own window, allowing you to perform side-by-side comparisons of the data.

   To access this version, you'll need a Web browser that supports frames, JavaScript and Java – Netscape Navigator/Communicator 3.0 or above or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or above for the PC, Mac or UNIX. The latest versions of these browsers can be downloaded for free at their respective sites.

2. Accessible HTML (HTML 2.0)
   This version is designed to download quickly and to be readable using any browser – a text-only browser (such as Lynx), an older AOL browser, or Netscape 2.0, for example. In addition, this version is designed to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines. Pages designed to these guidelines will be accessible using newer accessibility browsers currently being developed.

3. Adobe's Portable Document Format (.pdf)
   PDF keeps the fonts, formatting, colors and images of the printed publication intact – regardless of which platform or printer you use. You can download selected portions of the report, or the entire report. These PDF versions are formatted identically to our original hard copies, so when you print them, they will look as they appear in print.

   To view a PDF file, you'll need to have the Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can obtain the Acrobat Reader from Adobe's Web site.

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Hide/Show Frames

This feature, available in the Enhanced HTML version, makes reading Indicators online easier. Hiding the left navigation frame provides you a larger content window for the report's text. With the navigation frame hidden, you can navigate the report using your browser's Back and Forward buttons, or you can click Hide/Show Frames again to redisplay the left navigation frame. Some features of Indicators (such as the Topic Search and the Keyword Search) require that you Show Frames. This feature is unavailable in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0.

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Adobe Systems Incorporated developed Adobe Acrobat Reader, a freely available viewer for files that conform to the Portable Document Format (.pdf). The Reader allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major computing platforms. The PDF files closely match the formatting of our printed reports.

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