# How to use this manual

The Structures Manual has been created using the web based hyper-text markup language (HTML) and may be viewed in any web browser.

The Structures Manual contains Contents, Search, and Indexing options.

Below is a detail of the Structures Manual Application and a description of each area and the area functions.

View Area

This is the main viewing window were the content of the Structures Manual is displayed. Pages presented in this area may contain links to topics that are included in the Structures Manual or reference documents on various FDOT websites. Links to documents/topics are denoted by a change in the computer cursor from an arrow to a hand with index finger pointed up. To increase the width of the view area, close the Navigation display area by pressing the square Red X button located at the top right corner of the Navigation area. To restore the Navigation display area, choose any of the Navigation buttons (Contents, Index, or Search).

Browser Control

Browsing is handled by the Web browser's forward and back buttons, they behave as they would on any website.

Navigation

The navigation pane has 3 areas:

The Contents Tab: This is an interactive Table of Contents used to group and navigate topics. Major groupings of topics are denoted by the book icon, if a grouping is expandable, a "+" sign will appear next to the Topic Grouping Title. By clicking on either the "+" sign or the book icon the topic will expand to show sub-topics. Expanded topics are denoted by a "-" sign adjacent to the topic title. Expanded topics can be compressed by either clicking on the "-" or clicking on the book.

The Index Tab: This is a list of key words derived from the topics included in the Structures Manual (this index does not include keywords from documents referenced outside of the Structures Manual). By clicking on a keyword you will either be taken to a topic page or if the keyword appears in multiple topics a dialog box will appear with a list of all topics that contain that keyword.

The Search Tab: By typing search words in the input field, the complete Structures Manual can be searched for relevant topics. If the search is successful, a list of relevant topics will appear. Click on a topic to view the contents. Once a topic is displayed, the search word can be found on the displayed topic by either pressing Ctrl+F or pick Edit->Find from the menu, enter the word, press OK or enter key and the work will be highlighted on the topic page.

Favorites (MS Internet Explorer Only): Topics may be bookmarked (added to Favorites) for easy future access by choosing Favorites->Add to Favorites from the browser menu bar. (currently Gecko based browsers; ie Netscape, Mozilla, Opera; do not support bookmarking pages enclosed with frames).

Printing

The Structures Manual uses a web display model called frames, when printing from the Browser File->Print menu the last frame accessed (the view area, the navigation button bar, or the navigation display area) will be printed. To print the view area only, right click in the view area and choose Print from the displayed menu.