The user guide of the Electronic Office of the INE has been designed for ease of access to information and use of the available options; nevertheless, should you encounter any difficulty browsing the Headquarters,please do not hesitate to use the email form in order to address your queries to us. The following sections are to be found in this guide:
Navigation structure
This section includes a description of the different elements to be found in each page of the Electronic Office.
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Navigation bar
- INE logo: by clicking on it, one accesses the homepage of the National Statistics Institute. The page is shown in a separate window.
- Options panel: composed of the following options:
- Increase/ Restore/ Reduce font size: change the size of the texts. The largest letter increases the size, the smallest letter decreases the size and the medium-sized letter restores it to its original size. One may also use the options of the navigator to change the font size.
- Choice of language: on choosing a language from the list, change the page in which the version of that language is found. If the page is not available in the selected language, by default, the page will be shown in Spanish.
- Search engine: by writing a word or words and clicking on the Search icon, this will show the listing of pages of the Headquarters that include the term sought.
- Drop-down menu: allows you to navigate through all the content of the Headquarters by sliding the cursor through the drop-down menu.
- Calendar of non-working days.
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Status bar
- Breadcrumb trail: the current page is identified at the top by the section, subsection, etc. in which it is located. By clicking on any of the texts that appear, one may access that page.
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Footer
This is common to all of the pages of the Headquarters. It contains information regarding the location of the Electronic Office, and direct access to some options.
Technical recommendations
Functioning of this Electronic Office has been placed in contrast to the most popular browsers (Internet Explorer©, Mozilla Firefox ©).
At some stage the browser in use may request you to install an additional program, if not already installed, in order to access specific files in Acrobat PDF format (requiring Acrobat Reader ©). If you wish, you may download this program free of charge: latest version of Adobe Reader.
In order to access the electronic services, you may be required to be in possession of one of the certificates included in the section Electronic Certificate and Sign
Language policy
The content of the Electronic Office is presented in all jointly-official languages, as well as in English. However, when browsing the Office, there are links to external sites, and the contents of these may not be available in other languages.