<p>You can download selected items or directories in various file and compression formats.</p>
<ul>
  <li>Choose the format of the item(s) you are downloading in the "Mode" drop-down menu.  Choose between Ascii, Binary and Auto:  
  <ul>
    <li><b>Ascii</b> format should be used for files that use plain text with no formatting</li>
    <li><b>Binary</b> should be used for all other types of files</li>
    <li><b>Auto</b> will automatically determine which format to use; you will usually not need to specify either Ascii or binary</li>
  </ul>
  </li>
  <li>If you wish to download the item(s) in a compressed format, select the desired compression format (which should be indicated by the file extensions) from the "Compressed type" drop-down menu.  Choose from None, .tar, .tar.gz and .zip.  Note: if you are downloading multiple items, you will have to select a compression type.</li>
  <li>Click the 'Download' button to download your selected file(s).</li>
</ul>
