Using this website has been made as simple as possible thanks to a clean, easy to learn interface and several help options.
Throughout the site you will notice small help icons bearing a question mark (). Simply point your mouse on this icon to display a relevant help box. Help for that particular element of the site will be displayed without even clicking the mouse button.

To navigate through this site simply click on your chosen topic (choice of Addworks, Escape Techniques, Web Services, Bureau, Xtras, The E Team and Numedia). This will summon the contents window containing all related pages including e-mail.
If after showing the contents window you should decide not to choose any of the pages you are prompted to choose, simply click once again on the main topic icon to hide the contents window.

Alternatively on each page you will notice a small collection of icons to the right. Included in this group are navigation icons as follows:

'NEXT' - Clicking this will take you to the next relevant page

'BACK' - Will take yo back to the previous relevant page

'UP' - Click to return to the top of the current page

'ONE-TOUCH-HELP' - As explained above this icon provides help at a glance

'E-MAIL' - Click the mail icon to send e-mail to the relevant department.

'DOWNLOAD' - To be found in the section of this site which promotes 'IVT' technology (explained below), clicking on this icon will take you to the relevant download page for your browser. The plug-in is free.

IVT (Interactive Virtual Tour)
An Interactive Virtual Tour is special new technology which can capture an environment allowing the user to navigate the surroundings at any pace or direction. Total control of the view includes the ability to zoom in and out and control the speed of navigation using your mouse. To view this technology you will need the plug-in (you may already have it as some new browsers are Java equipped).

If you encounter any difficulties viewing an IVT, a visit to our IVT Trouble-shooter may solve the problem. A common complaint is that the pictures appear too dark, in most cases this can be solved by simply adjusting the brightness on your monitor. Not all monitors are the same.

GUIDE TO JARGON
A language of words and phrases is growing up around IT hype. Although we tried to write this site in plain English here's a guide to some of the jargon you may encounter on the internet - but only some. There's more out there to baffle you.

Internet: global network for exchanging information. held on computers as Web sites and pages. Nobody owns or manages it - it has grown by adopting common standards.

World Wide Web (www): system for navigating through information on the Internet.

Web site: a "place" on the Web used to keep pages of information and images and links to other Web sites.

Internet servers: hardware that runs the Internet. They are computers which store Web site information, route calls and handle e- mail and data traffic.

Network server: in more conventional networks. a computer at the centre of the system, which is accessed from terminals and computers.

Intranet: a private version of the Internet, used increasingly by companies as the basis of their own networks. They use the same technology as the Internet (servers, Web sites). but are usually made secure from outsiders by the use of “firewall" techniques.

Extranet: like an intranet, but used by firms to provide communications for external groups, such as customers and suppliers.

Architecture: the basic form of hardware, software or communications systems. There are several computer architectures, which has led to systems which are not compatible with each other. e.g. PCs (personal computers based on MIcrosoft's design) and Apple Macintosh.

Open Architecture: technology compatible with multiple computers. The Internet is open architecture, used by many types of computer.

Platform: a specific type of equipment. A network might he based on a Unix or a PC platform. for example. "Platform-independent" means several different types of equipment can work on a system.

Java: a revolutionary software that works on any platform. It can be downloaded from a network or Internet server in the form of "applets" (small packets of software which perform when you click on them), when ever it is needed. Some argue that Java could end the need for powerful personal computers with their own processors and storage devices.

Operating System: basic software structure which determines how a computer works. Windows 95 is an operating system.

Unix: an operating system popular for Internet applications.

Lan: local area network, typically used to connect members of a workgroup, department or office.

Wan: a wide area network, typically used to connect a whole organisation or several geographically-scattered offices or workgroups.

ScaIeabiIity: an essential prerequisite in many systems, which enables them to work in the same way on different scales.

EDI: electronic data interchange - an important aspect of networking, including retail and banking systems.

Convergence: the overlap and eventual merging of what were once regarded as separate technologies. For example, computer networking and telecommunications are increasingly regarded as part of an all-embracing digital communications technology.

Thinking Out of The Box: the ability (or need) for organisations to embrace new ways of doing things in the face of change.