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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about AMA Manual of Style Online
Finding Your Way Around
Throughout the site you can move around using links at the top and left-hand side of the screen: these are contained in the Top Navigation Bar and Left Navigation Bar. Underneath the banner, a narrow strip contains a row of labels that expands and contracts as you move around the site: this is the Breadcrumb Trail. There is also a Footer Bar at the bottom of the screen that remains constant.
Wherever you are in the site, you can always return to the home page by clicking on the image of the AMA Manual of Style in the top left-hand corner of the screen.
Wherever you are in the site, you can always return to the home page by clicking on the image of the AMA Manual of Style in the top left-hand corner of the screen.
Top Navigation Bar
The top, or global, navigation bar stays the same throughout the site (except for the LOG IN label – once you are logged in this becomes LOG OUT).
The row of smaller-font links above these offers access to
Contact Us – a form for sending an e-mail message to us at OUP if you have a comment to make on any aspect of AMA Manual of Style Online or a problem using the site with which you need help (see How to Use the Contact Us page). This page also links to information on pricing, free trials and how to subscribe. A final link connects to a page on OUP's privacy policy, ie, the use made of any personal information you supply, and some legal notices relating to the site and service.
Help – a link to this Help document. Whenever you click this link, the system will take account of what's on the page you are currently viewing, opening the Help text at an appropriate point.
Log in – a link to the Login Page for subscribers using user name & password access.
Quick Search – the fastest way to find what you are looking for. Type 1 or more words into the input box and click Go, or press Return/Enter on your keyboard.
Advanced Search – a more refined search. Click on Advanced Search, and choose to limit your results to a chapter or chapters, text or section headings, or just search the Index.
The row of smaller-font links above these offers access to
Contact Us – a form for sending an e-mail message to us at OUP if you have a comment to make on any aspect of AMA Manual of Style Online or a problem using the site with which you need help (see How to Use the Contact Us page). This page also links to information on pricing, free trials and how to subscribe. A final link connects to a page on OUP's privacy policy, ie, the use made of any personal information you supply, and some legal notices relating to the site and service.
Help – a link to this Help document. Whenever you click this link, the system will take account of what's on the page you are currently viewing, opening the Help text at an appropriate point.
Log in – a link to the Login Page for subscribers using user name & password access.
Quick Search – the fastest way to find what you are looking for. Type 1 or more words into the input box and click Go, or press Return/Enter on your keyboard.
Advanced Search – a more refined search. Click on Advanced Search, and choose to limit your results to a chapter or chapters, text or section headings, or just search the Index.
How to Use the Contact Us Page
Please enter your contact details into the Name, Company/Institution, E-mail address, and Telephone number boxes at the top. We need your e-mail address so that we can direct your query to the correct place and respond to your query. Although you do not have to fill in your name and telephone number if you don't want to, this information can be useful so that we can answer your query quickly. If you are logged in to the AMA Manual of Style Online site, you may notice that your Company/Institution details have been completed for you: these details are stored in our access control system.
Next, choose the description that best sums up your query from the Nature of Query drop-down menu; if your query is not listed, just select the Other option and type your message into the main Message input box. When you are ready to send your feedback, click the Go button, or press Return/Enter on your keyboard.
For information about how we use your personal details (such as your e-mail address) see our Privacy Policy.
If you are not logged in to AMA Manual of Style Online site and you use Contact Us from the publicly available part of the site, you will be asked to tell us which country you are based in by selecting your country from a drop-down list. This information is required so that we can direct your query to the appropriate Oxford University Press office. If you are logged in, you will not be asked to give this information. This is because our access control system can automatically forward queries from logged-in users to the correct office.
If you are not logged in to AMA Manual of Style Online site and you use Contact Us from the publicly available part of the site, you will be asked to tell us which country you are based in by selecting your country from a drop-down list. This information is required so that we can direct your query to the appropriate Oxford University Press office. If you are logged in, you will not be asked to give this information. This is because our access control system can automatically forward queries from logged-in users to the correct office.
Breadcrumb Trail
Throughout the site you will see a small line of text just below the top/global navigation bar, showing the position of the current page in the structure of AMA Manual of Style Online.
Despite the conventional name of "breadcrumb trail," this is not literally a trail or history - it doesn't show every page you passed through to reach where you are. Instead it describes the current page in terms of its position in a standard hierarchical view of the site.
Reading the breadcrumb line from left to right, you see labels corresponding to progressively deeper and deeper pages in this hierarchy, separated by > symbols. Each label is an active link and you can use it to move to the relevant position in the site.
Wherever you are within the site, you can click on AMA Manual of Style in the beginning of the breadcrumb trail to return to the home page.
Despite the conventional name of "breadcrumb trail," this is not literally a trail or history - it doesn't show every page you passed through to reach where you are. Instead it describes the current page in terms of its position in a standard hierarchical view of the site.
Reading the breadcrumb line from left to right, you see labels corresponding to progressively deeper and deeper pages in this hierarchy, separated by > symbols. Each label is an active link and you can use it to move to the relevant position in the site.
Wherever you are within the site, you can click on AMA Manual of Style in the beginning of the breadcrumb trail to return to the home page.
Footer Bar
At the foot of each page of the site is a bar containing an arrow and link to return you to the TOP of the page plus a link to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy page, as well as copyright information.
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