Navigation and using HM-Treasury website
Navigation
Searching
File formats
Printing pages
Saving documents
Saving pages
Navigation
- Across the top of the page is the utility navigation leading to the Help section, Contact us, Access Keys, Site Map and A-Z index.
- The left hand primary navigation contains links to Newsroom and Speeches, Economic data and tools, Consultations and legislation and the Independent Reviews sections which are regularly updated with the latest news, publications and statistics.
- Beneath the left hand primary navigation links are the 'Policy Areas' of the website, which contains detailed information and policy documents published by the Treasury on a range of categories reflecting the breadth of our work.
- Under the Policy Areas there are links to the Budget, Pre-Budget Report, and Spending Review sections.
- The right hand panel on the home page contains details of what's new on the website. Here you can find information on the latest speeches, press notices, new legislation and FOI disclosures and links that take you directly to the page.
Searching
There are three ways you can search the site:
- by using the Search button at the top right hand corner. Please enter the word or words to look for in the box, then start the search by pressing 'Go'. Use double quotes e.g. "Public Private Partnerships" to search for a specific phrase.
- navigate using the a-z index of the website.
- look at the frequently asked questions page.
File formats
- HTML
HTML is the basic file format used on the Internet, this page is in HTML format. Some data is available in the following alternative formats. - .DOC
.DOC is the file type for documents created using Microsoft WORD. This is a widely used word processing package. Microsoft Word (.doc) documents can be opened by many but not all programs. If you are unable to open a document it could be that you do not have the appropriate software in which case you may download a viewer from Microsoft for free if you are a PC user. - .XLS
.xls is the file type for documents created using Microsoft EXCEL. This is a widely used spreadsheet package. Microsoft Excel (.xls) documents can be opened by many but not all programs. If you are unable to open a document it could be that you do not have the appropriate software in which case you may download a viewer from Microsoft for free if you are a PC user. - .CSV
.csv stands for Comma Separated Values and is the spreadsheet equivalent of .txt for word processors. You can cut and paste a CSV file into the spreadsheet of your choice, or download to your PC. - .TXT
.txt files are an alternative text file to Word. They can be opened by a much wider number of text editors on PCs and Macs. A disadvantage of these files is that they take longer to download for multi-page documents. - .PDF
Documents marked .PDF are saved in Portable Document Format. Please see the PDF guidance page for further information on PDF documents.
Printing pages
To print out pages from the website click 'File' from your browser menu bar and then 'Print'.
If you find that the last words of the text lines on the page are missing on the printout then click 'File' and then 'Page Setup' and change all your print margins to zero.
If you have problems printing PDF documents, visit the PDF help page
Saving documents
Some of our documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF) or MS Word/Excel format. Depending on your browser setup, clicking on the link may open the document in the browser window. With large files, a delay can give the impression that the document is not downloading. If you prefer to save the document directly to your hard drive: PC users - right-click on the link, and then select the save option.
Apple Mac users - point to the link and hold down the mouse button, and then select the save option.
Saving pages
Any page can be saved from this site to your local drive. Select File then Save from the menu option.