How to Use a Framed Document

What is a Framed Document?

The syllabus your teacher has prepared for you is a so-called “framed document.” This means that the different sections of the syllabus (the teacher’s office hours, the course schedule, the assignmentets, etc) are actually stored as a series of separate documents.

Advantages of a Framed Document

Frames are intended to help you use the document. Nonframed documents are like long scrolls: you have to remember where in the document each section is. In a framed document, the parts of the document are short, and you can access each of them from the left-hand menu on the main page, so you can easily locate each piece of the syllabus without remembering the order of the topics in it.

Drawbacks of a Framed Document

Since a framed document is essentially a series of separate documents, it is more complicated to print, and it may be harder to learn the URL of a particular part of the document, and to bookmark the location of the actual document you are in or to save it in your list of favorites.

To Print a Framed Document

If you want to print a framed document, you have to select each piece of it in the left-hand menu of the document, click in the section, and select print.

To Learn the URL of a Part of a Framed Document, or to Bookmark (Netscape) Part of a Framed Site, or Put It in your List of Favorites (Internet Explorer)

Netscape:

1) Click in the desired part of the document.

2) Open the popup frame menu by holding down the right mouse button (PC) or holding down the mouse button (Mac).

3) To add the document part to your list of bookmarks, select “Add Bookmark” from the popup Menu. The site will be added to your list of Bookmarked sites.

4) To learn the URL of the document part, select “Open Frame in New Window” from the popup Menu. The new window will have the URL you need in its Location Window.

Internet Explorer:

1) Click in the desired part of the document.

2) Open the popup frame menu by holding down the right mouse button (PC) or holding down the mouse button (Mac).

3) To add the document part to your list of favorites, select “Add to Favorites” from the Frame Menu. You will be asked to confirm the name of the frame in your Favorites list. Click “OK.”

4) To learn the URL of the document part, select “Open Frame in New Window” from the popup Menu. The new window will have the URL you need in its Address Window.