Information on How to Download Safely
(Windows Internet Explorer Users)
The safest way to download a file is to click the right mouse-button on the link. (Not the left
button as normally done when opening a web page). Right-clicking on the link opens a menu with different choices as shown in the figure to the right. (Other language versions should have similar entries).
Select the menu-item Save Target As..., and click again to open the file save menu as shown below. This will give you a choice to browse to your choice of a folder where the file will be saved. Click on the button Save to download and save the file.
When opening a downloaded Word file to print it, or to fill out a form, it is recommended not to use the usual Windows method of double-clicking on it (We have of course no viruses on the Web-site camouflaged as innocent files -- but in these days one should generally take standard precautions when opening files downloaded from the Internet.)
Start Microsoft Word (or any word processor that can read the
Word97 or later format), and then open the file from the Word Processor by using the Menu (or toolbar) item Open... and navigate to the folder where the file was saved. Then it should be safe to open it -- the Word Processor should
only open files that really are documents.
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