4 Navigation between folders and access to documents
There are several types of items in the ISOTC server. The most widely used are folders (or directories) and documents. If you want to see to which type an item belongs, move the cursor to the icon left of an entry and the type of the item is displayed, i.e. you receive the information whether the item is a folder, a document or another type of item.
4.1 Folders
A folder is a container, which can contain other folders or documents. To move into a folder, just click on the underlined folder name.
4.2 Move backwards
To move backwards click on the "Back"-button of your browser.
To move to next higher level in the hierarchy of folder, click on the yellow icon at the top of the screen to the left. The dropdown box to the left of this icon allows you to move directly to any higher level in the folder hierarchy.
4.3 Default folder structure
A default folder structure has been defined for all ISO committees, which is displayed in ANNEX
1.This structure can be expanded, if the committee has a need for additional folders due to its particular work requirements.
5 Open, download and print a document
To open a particular document you have two options, the View-option and the Fetch-option.
5.1 View a document
To use the View-option click on the underlined name to the left in the list. This will display a document automatically in a simple display-format (i.e. in HTML-format). If the file is in PDF-format, it will be displayed as a PDF-file.
5.2 Fetch a document
The second option is to click on "Fetch", which will open the document in its native format, e.g. as a Word- or WordPerfect-file, a PowerPoint-, Excel- etc. file, depending on which file-type it is.
This option is only available, if you have the required programme installed so that you can load the file in its native format.
IMPORTANT: Please note that any changes you make to a document if you open it via the Fetch-Option will not be saved.
