Help

 Introduction

We want to make sure that you get the most out of health in my language, in this section you will find information on how to use the site.

 To conduct a search:

  • Simply type one or more search terms into the box;
  • If you want to search for all languages that box should be ticked and highlighted in orange, if you wish to search for a specific languages tick the boxes of the languages you want
  • Press Enter or hit the go button;
  • This searches the title and description for the term(s) you have used.

 Search results:

  • Will be displayed as a list
  • Will state the number of results returned
  • Will state the title, publication date, description, format and the languages that the resource is available in.

 Helpful hints:

  • No punctuation is needed.
  • There is an automatic AND default; this means that the search results will only show those documents containing all the terms
  • The search is not case sensitive - using capitals will not affect the search results;
  • If you wish to clear your search and start again, click on the home button
  • Results can be listed in relevance, date or alphabetical order.
  • Results can be filtered using the Health Topics and Body Map options to the right of the page.
  • To view more information about the resource, click on the more button at the end of the description.

     

Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

Within the website you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files.

You can download Portable Document Format (PDF) documents using Adobe Reader - available free of charge.

If your screen reader software (for example an audio-enabled web browser) is not compatible with Adobe Reader, Adobe provide a free online tool to convert the content of PDF files to text - so they can be understood by most screen reader applications.

Changing the text colours

If you are having trouble reading the text because of the colours used on this website' this can be changed by clicking on change colour