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Site specification
The www.electoral.gov.mt web site has been designed with all users in mind.
The standard outline guide for the site was for an SVGA resolution monitor (800 x 600) using 256 colours. The site is quite useable with specifications lower than this.
Browser compatibility
The www.electoral.gov.mt web site has been fully tested on a number of browsers on the majority of existing computer operating systems.
www.electoral.gov.mt uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format the textual information within each page. Only browsers from version 4 upwards fully understand CSS formatting.
Printing pages
Any page can be printed from the web by the user selecting file, print from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Netscape.
Bookmarking pages
To bookmark a particular page the user selects Favorites, Add to Favorites from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Bookmarks, Add Bookmarks in Netscape.
Searching
To complete a search the user has to enter a word or collection of words into the text search box. Pressing the return key or clicking on the search button will present the user with a listing of documents which correspond to the search details. These results will be rated, the most complete matches will be listed first,
decreasing in relevance as the user goes further down the list.
Submitting feedback
www.electoral.gov.mt supplies a feedback form to give users an opportunity to voice their comments on the service.
Once the form has been completed the user must click on the submit button at the bottom of the page. This will forward the information to the www.electoral.gov.mt service.
We cannot reply to every query but each one will be read and acted upon where necessary.
Saving pages
Any page displayed on your browser can be saved to your local drive. Select File, Save as from the menu option within Microsoft IE and Netscape.
Information
Some pages within the www.electoral.gov.mt service are in other formats other than HTML or XHTML. These are portable document files (pdf). To read these files the user requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software which can be freely downloaded from the Internet.
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