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Content Area
The content area area on each page contains articles, lists of topics,
search results and resources of interest, depending on which page is displayed.
To view an article or resource, click on any link.
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Bread Crumb Trail
The Bread Crumb Trail provides easy access back to previously visited
pages. To return to a page or resource, click on an item in the bread
crumb trail.
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Directory
Use the directory to get to the main pages throughout the Newsroom site.
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Toolbar
The toolbar features important functional and informational pages useful
throughout the site. The features on the toolbar include: Feedback,
Site Map, Help,
and Language.
Feedback
The Feedback
page is for working journalists to report technical problems with the
site, as well as share your needs and ideas about future site enhancements
and resources.
Site Map
The Site
Map provides an overview of all main pages. To go to any page, click
on the reference
Help
This Help page provides an easy reference to site functionality and
features.
Languages
To choose a language for the Newsroom, select the language from the
drop-down menu at the top of the home page of the Newsroom site or at
the top of any page. The list shows the languages currently available.
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Browse By Topic
An index by topic of all text, stories and news releases, including photos,
video clips and sound bites. To find information related to the topic,
click the topic to see what it contains. Each topic may contain text,
stories, photos, sound bites and video clips.
Many categories have Story Packages that combine information to help you
better understand a topic.
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Church in Your Area
Get local information about the Church, including headlines, stories,
Church history and statistics. Select your continent by clicking on the
map, and then select your country or area from the drop-down menu.
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Contact Us
The Contact
Us page provides information to help working journalists contact Church
public affairs representatives. It contains telephone numbers and email
addresses.
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Comments the news
This link contains corrections and updates to misrepresentations made
in published news stories about the Church.
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News Releases
These are official news releases from the Church. Many of these news releases
use indicators to show which articles also contain photos, sound bites,
and video clips.
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Other Stories in the news
This lists the newest stories and news releases in the Newsroom.lds.org
site. To see older stories and news releases, look in the Archive
of Current Stories.
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Photos
To download copies of a photo, click on either the High-Res or Medium-Res
links shown next to each downloadable photo. The number next to the words
High-Res or Medium-Res shows the size the image will take to store on
your hard drive.
High-Res photos are 288 dots per inch (dpi) resolution jpeg images. Medium-Res
photos are 150 dots per inch (dpi) resolution jpeg images.
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Printing
To print from any page, click the browser's print button at the top of
the browser.
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Quick Facts
These Quick
Facts listed by topic contain brief overviews by topic of the essential
history, doctrine and organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
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Search
Using the Search
tool is the quickest way to find information, video, sound bites and other
items of interest.
How to search
Type in any word or combination of words or phrases. When you click
the search button, the Newsroom will be searched for any information
or resources that are related to the word or words you typed in.
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Search Results
To see the results of your search, click on one of the headings to see
what your search found. The numbers in parenthesis show the number of
items found under each category.
Getting search results
that seem unrelated? When searching, all materials are searched
to see if they have any related terms or words. If materials have any
related terms or words, those materials will be included in the search
results even though they may seem at first to be unrelated.
For example, if you type conference center, you will get search results
that includes materials with words related to conference such as temple
square because the conference center is considered to be part of temple
square.
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Site Map
The Site
Map provides an overview of all areas and features of the Newsroom.
To go to a topic or feature, click on the reference.
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Sound Bites
These are various length sound bites saved in MP3 format that you can
listen to or download. To listen to a sound bite, click on the link that
says play/download. To download the sound bite, click on the same link
using the right mouse button and save the file on your computer. After
saving the file you can double open it from your hard drive and it will
play.
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Story Packages
Story packages are collections of information about one topic designed
to help you have all the information you need in one place.
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Toolbar
The toolbar features important functional and informational pages useful
for channels throughout the site. The features on the toolbar include:
Feedback, Site Map, Help,
and a drop-down menu from which you can select a language for the site.
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Top Story
This is a story selected by the Public Affairs department as the top story
of the day about the Church. It may be a news story from a news organization
or it may be a news release from the Church.
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Video
These are various length video clips you can order as needed. Request
copies on Beta SP Tape through one of the public
affairs contacts.
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