Australia
Home Page: http://www.abs.gov.au
Name: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
E-mail: client.services@abs.gov.au; webmaster@abs.gov.au
Subject: ABS assist and encourage informed decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service.
Statistics / News / ABS Products and Services / About the ABS / Site Map / Using This Site.
Date of access: 3 February 1998

ERINA
Home Page: http://www.erina.or.jp
Name: Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA)
E-mail: webmaster@po.erina.or.jp
Subject: ERINA was established in October 1993 with a view towards:

• Conducting research, collecting and disseminating information on Northeast Asian economies;
• Holding seminars and symposia on Northeast Asia;
• Exchanging personnel and information with research institutes, universities in Japan, Northeast Asia and other countries;
• Promoting economic exchanges in Northeast Asia.

Germany
Home Page: http://www.auma.de
Name: Confederation of German Trade Fair and Exhibition Industries: AUMA Network
E-mail: info@auma.de
Subject: AUMA is the federal associatiion of the German trade fair industry. The members of AUMA are:

• the leading commercial associations (industry, trade, skilled trades)
• trade associations of the exhibiting and buying industries interested in trade fairs
• German trade fair and exhibition organizers as well as trade fair service providers
• the companies implementing foreign trade fair participations.

AUMA's four most important activities are:
• representing the interests of the trade fair industry at a national and international level
• coordinating the promotion of foreign rade fair participation by German industry
• improving the transparency of the trade fair market, of data material and of the descriptions of events in the trade fair industry, and
• providing information and advice to those interested in trade fairs from Germany and abroad.

Hong Kong, China
Home Page: http://www.info.gov.hk/constatd
Name: Cencus and Statistics Department, Hong Kong, China (C&SD)
E-mail: genenq@constatd.gen.gov.hk
Subject: C&SD is the provider of official statistics in Hong Kong, China comprises of three sections:

1. Organization and Management briefly introduces the department and its organizationand management. It also introduces the Government Statistical Service, which comprises the C&SD and statistical units established in various government departments.
2. Performance Pledge is a reproduction of a pamphlet published in September 1997, which describes services provided by the department and standards of services which can be expected. The "Performance Pledge" plays a vital part in the department's efforts to provide good statistical service to the Hong Kong community.
3. Topical Issues of Current Interest provides up-to-date news on current and upcoming statistical developments of interest.

Hong Kong, China
Home Page: http://www.info.gov.HK/trade
Name: Trade Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
E-mail: access@hab.gcn.gov.hk
Subject: Trade Department is responsible for Hong Kong's commercial relations. It implements trade policy and agreements and conducts import/export licensing and origin certification.
Vision and Mission / Trade Policy and Trade Controls / Organization / Advisory Boards and Committees / Performance Pledge / Code on Access to Information.
Date of access: 19 February 1998

IEC
Home Page: http://www.iec.ch
Name: International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC)
E-mail: jrs@iec.ch
Subject: The following is the first issue of Bits & Bytes prepared by the International Electrotechnical Committee. It may be accessed at the IEC's web site. Please note that the Image files are not reproduced below:

Welcome

Welcome to this first in a regular series dealing with the use of information technology tools in the IEC. These tips will be issued at two-monthly intervals and will each deal with a particular topic. We suggest you might want to collect these to serve as future reference.

You will have all realized by now that the IEC is making a major commitment to the use of modern information technology tools for practically all aspects of standards development. We believe that these new tools can make a significant contribution to accelerating the work and, just as importantly, help to keep costs down.

Whilst many people involved in standards development seem well able to assimilate and make the best use of these tools, many of you seem to have difficulties and the objective of this series is to provide you with as much support as we can.

Whilst we can ourselves observe where many people are having difficulties and can decide on which issues to cover, we also want this series to be yours. If you feel you have a problem that could be of interest to others in the IEC community, please don't hesitate to let us know.

 Microsoft Word Templates and Styles

Introduction

We have decided to start with the question of templates and styles. These are of critical importance to IEC work, but are unfortunately sorely neglected in most training courses on Word. Also, many of you have difficulty in using them correctly. The information given is valid for users of both Word 6 and Word 7.

Styles are a collection of formatting parameters within a document. For example, all the main headings in this newssheet are described by the parameters given in the figure below. The advantage of using styles is that all the headings look identical. Furthermore, if we decide to change one of the parameters, for example to choose a larger font, we would change it in the style only, saving us the chore of change at each heading individually in the text.

A complete collection of styles can be used to define the complete formatting of a document, and this collection of styles is stored in a template. However, a template can be much more than a collection of styles. It can contain standard text, form fields, autotext, in fact practically anything a normal document can contain.

The IEC currently makes use of two types of template:

• the set of IEC forms designed to act as the cover pages for documents, and
• a template (IECSTD) designed for the preparation of drafts.

You may have obtained the IEC templates either on diskette, or by downloading them from the IEC web site (ftp://ftp.iec.ch/pub/.contents.html). If you have downloaded them from the web, please read the file 1st.txt which contains important information about renaming the files.

You must install the files correctly in order to be able to use them. You will not be able to use the features of template files if you simply try to open the files! Template files must be installed in your templates directory or folder.

In most cases, the template files will be in:

• C:\MSOffice\Templates, or
• C:\MSOffice\Winword\Templates.

If you cannot identify where your templates are stored, start Word, Click on Tools, Options and then the File Locations tab.

You may install the IEC templates in either the User template or Workgroup template directory or folder. If you working in a network installation, you will probably have to ask your system administrator to install the template files for you.

To install the template files, simply copy them to the appropriate templates directory or folder.

Use of IEC Forms and Standards Template

IEC Forms

To use an IEC form, click on File, New.

In Word95 (Word 7) you will end up with a dialogue box similar to the one below. You can also generate a new document by double-clicking on the name of the template in Explorer.

In Word 6, the dialogue box is as below. Note that in Word 6, all the templates appear as though they are in a single directory.

Under no circumstances should you open the template itself.

You can then fill in fields in the form as needed and save and print the document in the usual way. If you have carried out these instructions correctly, the first time you save the document, you will be prompted for a file name. IEC Standards Template (IECSTD.DOT)

The IECSTD template is designed for the preparation of draft standards. You start a new document as described above. The template contains many features designed to help you in the preparation of documents, including many short-cut keys to help you to format the different elements.

You should therefore imperatively read the Installation and user guide which gives full instructions on how to use the template. Both the template (ftp://ftp.iec.ch/pub/forms/iecstd.dot) and the guide (ftp://ftp.iec.ch/pub/forms/iecstd.pdf) are available on the IEC's web site or on diskette on request from your technical officer at IEC Central Office.

Final word

Please don't forget to let us know what you think of Bits & Bytes and to let us have suggestions for subjects to be covered in future issues.

For further information, please contact: Editor: Mr. Jack Sheldon, IEC Central Office, 3 rue de Varembe CP 131, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.

Date of access: 19 February 1998

Indonesia
Home Page: http://www.bps.go.id
Name: Central Bureau of Statistics of Republic of Indonesia
E-mail: webmaster@mailhost.bps.go.id; bpshq@bps.go.id
Subject: BPS is a non-departmental government institution which collects, processes and disseminates statistical information for the other government institutions of the Republic of Indonesia, and for the society at large.
About BPS / New Items / Search / List of Publications / Table of Contents / Comment Form / Statistical Links / Access Statistics / Go to IPTEKnet.
Date of access: 3 February 1998

Japan
Home Page: http://www.stat.go.jp
Name: Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center, Management and Coordination Agency of Japan
E-mail: webmaster@stat.go.jp
Subject: The Statistics Bureau is responsible for coordinating the statistical activities of different ministries and agencies, while conducting Japan's fundamental statistical censuses and surveys including the Population Census, the Establishment Census, the Labour Force Survey and the Family Income and Expenditure Survey. In addition, the Bureau produces the Current Population Estimates and the Consumer Price index.
What's New / A Guide to Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center / Summary of Survey Results / Japan in Figures / Economic and Financial Data / Links to Statistical Agencies / Announcements and News Bulletin / Statistical System in Japan / How to Get Publications and Computer Readable Media.
Date of access: 19 February 1998

New Zealand
Home Page: http://www.stats.govt.nz
Name: Statistics New Zealand
E-mail: info@stats.govt.nz
Subject: Product Announcements / New Zealand in Profile / Catalogue of Products and Services / Release Dates / Media Release / Cencus 96 / Papers / About Our Surveys / On-line Directories / Schools' Corner.
Date of access: 19 February 1998

Republic of Korea
Home Page: http://www.nso.go.kr/eindex.html
Name: National Statistical Office, Korean Statistical Information System (NSO), Republic of Korea
E-mail: webmaster@nsohq.nso.go.kr
Subject: NSO activities:

• Coordination of national statistical archives;
• Establishment of statistical standard classifications;
• Conducting the censuses and surveys and compiling the statistics.

Singapore
Home Page: http://www.singstat.gov.sg
Name: Department of Statistics, Singapore
E-mail: info@singstat.gov.sg
Subject: Department of Statistics is the national statistical authority responsible for disseminating official statistics on Singapore:

• Compiles and provides a wide range of economic and social data;
• Provides consultancy services and professional advice on statistical matters;
• Undertakes a special studies on topic of national interest;
• Introduces new statistical concepts and methodology.

Singapore
Home Page: http://www.asianconnect.com.sg/TDB/TRS
Name: Trade Register System (TRS)
E-mail: peipei@tdb.gov.sg
Subject: TRS is a one stop information centre in Singapore and application platform for trade registration and licensing, via the Internet.
TRS provides information on the registration and licensing requirements of 16 government agencies, including the Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) and the Customs and Excise Department. When fully implemented, traders would be able to apply for registration and licenses electronically through TRS with the relavant agencies.
Introduction / Information Centre / Application for Registration and Licenses / Comments / Feedback.
Date of access: 19 February 1998

SITPRO
Home Page: http://www.sitpro.org.uk
Name: SITPRO (The Simpler Trade Procedures Board)
E-mail: info@sitpro.org.uk
Subject: SITPRO is the United Kingdom's national trade facilitation agency. It offers a wide range of services, including advice and training, publications and checklists covering various international trading practices. It manages the United Kingdom aligned system of export documents and licence the printers and software suppliers who sell the forms, laser and export document software.
Overview / What's New? / SITPRO News / Publications / Services / Annual Report 95-96 / Fact Sheets / Document Systems / Calender of Events / Staff / Hot Links.
Date of access: 19 February 1998

Thailand
Home Page: http://www.nectec.or.th
Name: National Electronics and Computer TEchnology Center
E-mail: kwan@nwg.nectec
Subject: NECTEC as Secretariat Office of the National Committee on Information Technology. Information technology (IT) is recognized as an essential ingredient for future national economic growth and social well being. The Cabinet in 1992 established the National Committee on Information Technology, chaired by a Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic matters, to undertake planning, promotion and utilization of IT in Thailand. NECTEC has been assigned to function as the Secretariat of the National Committee Seven subcommittees have been formed to oversight the following activities:

• IT Policy Planning
• IT Promotion in the Public Sector
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for International Trade
• Human Resources Development and Planning
• Popularization of IT
• IT Research and Development
• Legal Infrastructures for IT.

WIPO
Home Page: http://www.wipo.int
Name: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
E-mail: webmaster@wipo.int
Subject: WIPO was established by a Convention signed at Stockholm on 14 July 1967 and entered into force in 1970. WIPO became a specialized agency in the United Nations system of organizations in 1974.
The objectives of WIPO are:

1. to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with other international organizations;
2. to ensure administrative cooperation among the intellectual property Unions, that is, the "Unions" created by the Paris and Berne Conventions and several subtreaties concluded by members of the Paris Union.