Help
Struggling to use FreeBMD? Not finding someone you expected to find? Not sure what to do next? This help section contains answers to common problems, and has links to more detailed information.
Tips and Tricks
Links
All links on the site open in the same browser tab that you are currently using. This improves the accessibility of the site. If you want to follow a link to an external site (e.g. the GRO site or UKBMD), you might want to open it in a new tab or window. This will avoid the need to use the 'back' button to get back to where you were in the FreeBMD web site (see next tip).
Browsers offer different ways of achieving this, but for example in Windows you can right-click on the link and use the 'Open Link in New Tab' or 'Open Link in New Window' command.
Avoid the 'back' button
We always provide links that enable you to go back to the page you were on previously. For example, after you have run a search, you may want to revise your search or start a new one. There are 'Revise Search' and 'New Search' links which allow you to do this. It is a good idea always to use the links provided, rather than using the browser's 'back' button. Pressing 'back' can leave you in a situation where the site thinks it is still running your previous search. This would prevent you from doing anything else.