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Site Outline

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A World Of Comfort
Go to United Technologies
What's New: Corporate News
Who We Are
History
Famous Carriers
From Fog To Greatness
What's In A Name?
A Firm Foundation
Chiller
The Timeline of Air Conditioning
Environment
Timeline of Achievements
Carrier’s Environmental Leaders
Unique Projects
The Sistine Chapel
The Ampato Maiden
Indoor Comfort At Home
What's New
Are You Energy Wise?
Improving Your Indoor Environment
Breathe easier with healthy, clean air
It’s not the heat, it's the humidity
Comfort Q&A
Find a Dealer or Store
Residential Systems
Room Air Conditioners
Find out about
Residential Systems
Room Air Conditioners
Comfort At Work
What's New
Featured Product
Featured Technology
Case Study
At Work Q&A
Find a Sales Office

Product Search By
Building Type
Product Type
Model Number
Resource Center
Glossary of Terms
Questions & Answers
Press Releases
External Web Links
Web Search Tools
Event Calendar
Case Studies
White Papers
Carrier Software
Carrier Search
Product Search By
Model Number
Product Type
Commercial Building Type

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Residential Products: Stores & Dealers
Commercial Products: Distributors & Sales Offices


Guidelines about web browsers and settings

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This site is optimized for use with web browser software that supports frames; currently, this includes Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0.

The frame-based design of this site allows the user full access to all the navigational buttons and links at all times — they remain in the left, top and left-corner frames while the content is viewed in the main frame (this portion of the browser window).

This site is published in both non-framed and framed versions; the correct version loads automatically based upon the type of browser you use when you first access the site. We do recommend, however, that you consider upgrading to one of the primary browsers mentioned above, which both support frames.

All browsers include the ability to customize certain settings, often for aesthetic and/or performance reasons. Our general recommendations are as follows:


Finding your way around: navigation tools on this site

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Click on the logo in the top-left frame to return to the Carrier homepage. The four Carrier Perspectives buttons remain in the top-right frame at all times; use them at any time to switch your focus to one of the four main areas of the Carrier site.
A longer article will be split into sections; use the "previous," "next," or "back" buttons to navigate the article or return to your starting point.
Contextual (hypertext) links will be indicated by colored and/or underlined text (depending on your browser's settings).
Use the "continued" link to move to the next section of article; use the "top of page" link to move rapidly back to the top of the current page.
The left-frame navigation buttons give you fast access to three important areas. The left-frame contextual (hypertext) links act as a table of contents of related articles for the area of the site you are visiting. The top-most links also offer navigation back to the homepage and to United Technologies.

Contacting Carrier by e-mail: some guidelines

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Browser-specific guidelines and tips

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Product data pages: using the display tools

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When viewing product data in Comfort At Work and Comfort At Home, additional options are presented in the left navigation list that allow you to customize the display of product specifications and to instantly switch to a different model number or product type.

To display a custom set of data in a table:


Printing documents: some guidelines

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If you are using Netscape, you can use the "Print Frame" command to print only the contents of the main frame, eliminating the navigation tools and perspective buttons from your printout. Just be sure that the main (lower-right) frame is the selected one before choosing the "Print Frame" command — this is indicated by a heavy border around the frame.

Most browsers support saving a web page locally (i.e., on your computer's hard disk) as a text file. This is useful if you want to print and read a longer article "off-line," or after you have left the Carrier site. In the Resource Center, our press releases, case studies and white papers are formatted for convenient saving and/or printing.


How to access PDF documents

Certain technical and product information documents are available in Adobe's Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view or print these files, you will need to download and install the free Acrobat Reader or obtain one of Adobe's commercial Acrobat products. You will also need to register with Carrier for preferred access.

Depending on the version and type of browser you are using, Acrobat® documents will either open in a separate window (using the Acrobat Reader®) or in the browser window (if an Acrobat® plug-in is active in your browser environment). Information about this option is provided when you download the Acrobat Reader.

If you need further information, a frequently-asked question page is available at Adobe's web site.

Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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