Downloadable Documents

It is possible to download various types of documents from the portal, including  announcements, forms, minutes and graded lists, in file formats that may be edited or printed. These file formats are represented by the following icons.

Icon	Format	Application for viewing and printing files in the format shown
	.pdf (Portable Document Format)	Acrobat Reader
	.zip (compressed version of a file or archive of files)	Winzip (Windows platform), StuffIt or ZipIt (Macintosh platform)
	.rtf (Rich Text Format)	Any word processor
	.doc	Microsoft Word
	.xls	Microsoft Excel
	.ppt	Microsoft PowerPoint
	.htm	Any browser

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Restricted Access Areas

"Restricted Access Areas" are areas of the portal (containing web pages and/or documents) reserved for authorised users belonging to a specific user group. These areas are marked by the icon .
The most common examples are the areas reserved for the University’s teaching and non-teaching staff.

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Icons and their Meanings

Function	Icon
Indicates that the page or document referred to by a particular link will open in a new window
Shows restricted access areas in the navigation menu and site map. Each user group only sees the areas that it is authorised to access.

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