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Navigation through the site is accomplished by using the navigation bar at the top of the page. When you place your cursor over one of the buttons in the navigation bar, a "mouse-over" feature allows the index for that button to be displayed directly below it.
Using the site map will allow you to see all the main pages contained within the site. It can also be used as a navigation tool by clicking on the various areas of the map.
The search engine allows you to perform a search of the G8 site's content in either French or English. Simply enter a word, words, or phrase, and click "Search". Using the links provided on the search page, you can also perform searches of the Government of Canada and Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Websites.
How to Search the G8 Site
There are a number of different techniques you can use to find information using the search feature.
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To search for pages containing an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotations. For example, to search for the phrase Kananaskis Summit, enter "Kananaskis Summit" in the search box.
All specified words
To search for pages containing all specified words, include and between each word. For example, to search for Summit, history, and Canada, enter Summit and history and Canada in the search box.
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To search for pages containing at least one specified word, include or between the words. For example, to search for Japan, Germany, or France, enter Japan or Germany or France in the search box.
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Note that dates appear either in ISO Standard format or written in full:
- ISO Standard: YYYY-MM-DD; for example, 2002-08-05 means August 5, 2002
- In full: September 7, 2002
International visitors, note the usage of "million;" for example, 18 million means 18,000,000.
Visiting the What's New section will give a quick view of recently added or updated material.
If you know someone who might be interested in visiting the G8 Website, visit Send to a Friend to quickly and easily send them a message containing a link to the site.
This site has been made accessible according to the W3C's WAI priorities 1 and 2. For more information on accessibility visit the W3C.
Acronyms
This site uses the acronym tag. When you see an acronym in the page, it should be a light gray colour. In newer browsers, putting your mouse cursor on this acronym will cause the full text of the acronym to pop up. Screen readers and speech browsers can also interpret this text.
You can test this now by putting your mouse cursor on this text: W3C
Accesskeys
This site uses accesskeys to facilitate navigation to screen reader users. The acceskeys used are the following:
Accesskey M - to return to the main menu
Accesskey Z - to skip the menus and go directly to the content
Accesskey X - to go to the sub-menu
To use an accesskey you must hold down the "alt" key on your keyboard as well as the desired accesskey. For example Alt+M will take you to the main menu. You must select the "enter" key after using the Alt key combination.
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