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From the Home page you can access information about the NRS. The background of the NRS can be found in Theoretical Underpinnings. Information on WELL, The Workplace Communication in Training Packages Project and using the National Reporting System for the Literacy and Numeracy Training Programme is also available from the Home page.

To use the NRS online, select The NRS. 

If you are looking for specific information within the NRS then select the Express Route. If you are new to the NRS online, use the New Users Guide. It takes you through using the NRS by way of the the Express Route. Follow the guide, using the forward button and clicking on the links as suggested.

If you wish to use the NRS for practical reporting click on Using the NRS. The Using the NRS section has a Worked Example that walks you through an example of using the NRS online for reporting. Follow the worked example by clicking on the highlighted links as suggested.

Each page has a "map". These "maps" have legs and nodes. The nodes are clickable and take you to the sections within the site. On information pages the "maps" are at the top of the page. The legs connect the nodes and show you the path used to get to the page you are on. You can use them to navigate back through the path you have used.

These numbered buttons allow you to quickly switch between levels within a section.

The NRS online is best viewed using Netscape Navigator version 3.0 or higher or Internet Explorer version 3.0 or higher. The site is functional using earlier browsers, although some features such as the pop up glossary and reference windows (available from theoretical underpinnings) may not work.

If your browser does not support JavaScript the glossary, references and acknowledgements can be accessed using the text links at the bottom of the page where relevant.

Your web browser must support HTML tables to use the NRS online.

To adjust the size of fonts on your screen...

In Netscape 3

1. Click on Netscape’s Options menu.
2. Click on General Preferences.
3. Select Fonts from the tabs on top of the screen.
   There are two Choose Fonts buttons, one for fixed fonts, one for proportional fonts.
   Do the following for both Fonts.
4. Click on the Choose Font button.
5. Scroll down the list and select the font and size you want.
6. The sample box allows you to see a preview of the font you have selected.

7. Click on the OK button to save your selection.

In Internet Explorer 3

Just click on the font button from the toolbar.
This will change the size of the font that your browser uses.
Just click through the sizes until you find the size you are most comfortable with.

* note on font sizes: The site has been designed to be readable using a medium sized font. Increasing the font size too much may distort some of the tables.

Alternative tags for images have been provided where the image is a navigational aid.

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