Hints and tips for using www.statistik.at

• Whom can I ask for information?
• What navigation options does this website offer?
• How are the home page and internal pages structured?
• How does the website comply with principles of web accessibility?
• Which web standards or browser versions are supported?
• Which browsers are supported and tested regularly?
• Which other browsers have been tested and found to be suitable?
• Which browsers can no longer be supported?
• How do I open documents in PDF format?
• Acrobat Reader downloadHow can I find what I’m looking for?

Whom can I ask for information?

For general inquiries about data and publications from STATISTICS AUSTRIA, the General information service on the ground floor of STATISTICS AUSTRIA is the “first port of call” and is open from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

Current publications can be viewed here and copying facilities are available. On request, and for a charge, we can also send copies by post, fax or e-mail, and can carry out database searches. All STATISTICS AUSTRIA publications, not to mention maps and summary reports, can also be purchased over the counter.

General information service 
Guglgasse 13; 1110 Vienna 
Tel.: +43 (0)1 71128 7070 
Fax: +43 (0)1 715 68 28 
info@statistik.gv.at 
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm

Information on our specialised information services is available here.

For technical queries relating to our website, please contact our Web team.

What navigation options does this website offer?

The following navigation options are available:

The main navigation menu contains the following areas:

1. Statistics: Here you can find our results in text form or as tables or diagrams, etc.; only the groups available are displayed.
2. Publications & Services: Here you can order or download publications, use databases, etc.
3. Classifications: Here you can find out everything you need to know about the classifications used in the statistics field.
4. Press: This section is aimed particularly but not exclusively at journalists, and includes all press releases from the last two years (starting October 2007).
5. About Us: This section provides an introduction to our organisation and its management, and you can also read about the basic principles of our statistical work and find information on confidentiality and the Statistics Committee.

These navigation options are repeated at the bottom of each page.

The top navigation menu (in the top right of the header) contains the following areas:

1. Home: This link always takes you back to the home page (alternatively, you can click on our logo in the top left corner).
2. Contact: This link takes you to a page listing all the options for contacting STATISTICS AUSTRIA.
3. Website Information: This contains the media owner und copyright.
4. Legal Notices: This contains exclusion of liability.
5. Links: Links to national and international organisations which deal with statistics are listed here.
6. Site Map: This shows the overall structure of our website and can be used as an alternative navigation option.
7. Help: This provides the help text that you are currently reading.
8. Deutsche Version: This link brings you to our German website.

How are the home page and internal pages structured?

Home page

Apart from the header and footer, the home page consists of three columns:

1. Navigation column (on the home page, already contains the subitems in the Statistics sector)
2. Information section (where we inform you about news and new publications)
3. Quick access column with three sections:
1. A search option
2. Quick infos with links to the detail pages
3. Quick links to topics that might otherwise be difficult to find.

The A-Z INDEX is always found at the start of the navigation column. It gives you an alternative search option with many hundred terms and takes you straight to the relevant page.

Internal pages 

With the exception of special cases, the internal pages consist of two columns:

1. Navigation column (at the top of this column you are given the option to return to previous pages, which are displayed in hierarchical form)
2. Information section. You can also perform a search in the top right corner of the information section. In some sectors, the search box has been expanded into an info box that provides you with all the additional information available on the current topic.

The date when the page was last updated can be found at the very bottom of most pages. Please note that this date relates not only to changes in the visible text, but also to changes in the downloads that are listed.

How does the website comply with principles of web accessibility?

This website has been designed to comply with web accessibility standards. This means that a strong attempt has been made to enable all visitors to use this site, including and in particular people with impaired vision, the blind and people with physical disabilities. In the statistics field, however, website accessibility is soon constrained by technical limitations, particularly where statistical tables are concerned.

Which web standards or browser versions are supported?

This website has been developed to comply with the following standards:

There may be minor deviations to the display of the pages.

This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for formatting. You therefore need an up-to-date browser version in order to display the design of this website system to its full extent. Display may be restricted with older browsers. This website has been optimised for a screen resolution of 1024 pixels.

Which browsers are supported and tested regularly?

• Internet Explorer 5+ for Windows
• Firefox 1+ for Windows, Mac and Linux
• Safari 2+ for Mac OS X
• Opera 8+ for Windows, Mac and Linux

Which other browsers have been tested and found to be suitable?

• Netscape 7 for Windows and Mac
• iCab for Apple Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X
• Camino 1x for Mac OS X
• Konqueror for Linux
• OmniWeb 5x for Mac OS X
• Lynx (text browser)

Which browsers can no longer be supported?

• Netscape 4x
• Internet Explorer for Mac OS

If you should have problems using the website despite taking these recommendations into account, please send the Web team information in as much detail as possible about:

• your operating system
• your browser version
• information on the page in question, giving the exact link if possible.

How do I open documents in PDF format?

To open, read and/or print a document that is available in PDF format, moist people use the Acrobat Reader, which is available to download free of charge:

Acrobat Reader download

Beyond that there are many other vendor neutral PDF-Readers.

How can I find what I’m looking for?

To search statistik.at, there is a search box in the top right corner below the navigation menu on virtually every page.

• Enter the required search text (one or more terms, at least 3 characters) in the box on the right under Search.
• Click on the standard search symbol. 
  

Standard search

The standard search on statistik.at is a full text search, in other words a search is performed for content in the following categories that contains the search term(s) in the text:

• Index: The manually maintained index assigns the relevant web page to terms.
• Web pages
• Tables on specific statistical topics
• Diagrams on specific statistical topics, with indexed labelling
• Thematic maps, also with indexed labelling
• Further information on specific statistical topics: other PDFs on the topic
• Press releases
• Publications: standard publications, summary reports and the Statistical Yearbook.

The following rules apply:

• The search does not differentiate between upper and lower case, and also searches for partial strings.  
  A search for “port” would therefore also return airport, Portugal and sportswear.
• Most special characters (. , - * + ^ „ “ ‚ ’) in the search text are ignored.
• The German character ß is equated with ss in the search.

The list of search results is displayed in the middle of the content area, with the first 10 hits for each category being displayed. If categories have more than 10 hits, search results are displayed in groups of 10.

The search results list is subdivided into the above groups, with results for each group – if available – being sorted alphabetically. Only press releases are sorted chronologically.

In addition to the standard search, an advanced search is available which includes additional functions enabling the search to be refined or the search results limited.

Advanced search

 In the advanced search, the following input or selection options are also available:

• Search text
• Selection of the type of data to be searched (web pages, tables, diagrams, thematic maps, further information, press releases, publications, standard documentation)
• Search only in title
• Only search for whole words (if this option is selected, a search for “port” would not return airport, Portugal or sportswear)
• Search in a particular topic (you can select a topic from the first sublevel of the statistics sector)
• Date of publication (from, to)

These additional options allow a very precise search to be performed.

Notes:

• If you are not satisfied with the results (because you have too many search results, for example), you should use the advanced search options.
• In large PDF documents, it is often difficult to find the search term again. In this case, use Acrobat Reader’s integrated search option.