How to Use this Resource Pack
We have tried to make this Resource Pack as simple to navigate and use as possible. Each of the links in the left-hand menus contains a number of individual documents. A summary of the contents of each of the six main links (Administration, Running an event, Fact Sheets, Research, Diversity and Resources) is given in the Contents link. In the initial page of each of these six links titles and brief descriptions of each document are given.
It has been our intention to make all the individual files as straightforward as possible in order to minimise the risk of incompatibility. For this reason, the design elements of the various files are less sophisticated than they would have been had we supplied them in printed form.
We have deliberately restricted ourselves to three file formats: pdf and html files for the text documents and JPEG files for the logos and artwork.
This year we are principally using pdf files. Most computers are configured to open pdf files but if you do not have the necessary software (Adobe Acrobat Reader) already on your machine, you can download it for free, in just a few minutes by going to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
Likewise, virtually all computers will read the JPEG files. You should also be able to edit them (change the size and colour and so on) through any standard image editing programme (such as Paint, Paint Shop Pro , Photoshop or Corel Draw).
Given that most of the relevant documents that you may want to print will normally appear as pdf files, printing these documents is extremely simple to do by clicking on the print icon in the toolbar of the relevant document.
You can also print a document by right-clicking on your mouse, when your cursor is anywhere within the document you want to print, and following the relevant instructions. Importantly, this will only print the document in which your cursor is situated.
Many documents have the organisational logos in their heading. Unless you particularly want the logos to appear in colour, don’t forget to set your printer to black and white before your print - this will save you a lot of time!
You are entirely welcome to use the NMHW artwork and logos in documents of your own (but not the MHFS or MHF logos). Please respect this freedom by not attaching them to materials that have controversial content. Likewise you are free to use sections of the text documents in local publications or indeed, to use the documents in their entirety (the best way to do the latter might be to replace the MHFS or MHF logo in the top left hand corner with your local logo, leaving the NMHW logo where it is).
Remember that you can copy sections from the documents in the resource pack and paste them into documents of your own but you cannot change the documents on the resource pack itself. If you wish to amend the resource pack documents to suit your own purpose, you need first to copy the document or text in question onto your own hard-drive.
We have made every effort to ensure that the contents of this resource pack are up-to-date and accurate.