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Accessibility
This website is designed to high standards of accessibility so that as many site visitors as possible can easily view its content and use its features. We will continue to work toward improving accessibility.
We comply with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Level A guidelines for accessibility and we are committed to improving.
If you want to alter the way you view any web
site, from the size of text to the colour of hyperlinks,
you can change some of the options in your Internet
browser.
To change settings for the current versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, follow the instructions for
your browser type below. Note: These settings will change your browsers accessibility configuration for all websites.
If you have problems changing your settings, use
the Help menu in your browser toolbar.
Change your browser settings
Internet Explorer (v6.x)
To permanently
apply font and colour changes
To enlarge
text
To change
text and background colour
To prevent
graphics and images appearing
To change
the size of the window
To change
the colour of links displayed on a screen
Mozilla Firefox
(v3.x)
To enlarge
text
To change
text and background colour
To
prevent graphics and images appearing
Internet Explorer instructions
To permanently apply font
and colour changes
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet
Options'
- On the General Tab select, select 'Accessibility'
- Click on the three boxes to show ticks
- Click on OK
To enlarge text
- On the browser menu select 'view'
- Click 'text size'
- Choose the size of text
To change text and background colour
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet
Options'
- On the General tab, select 'Colour'
- Deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
- Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a
colour
- Click on 'OK'
- Select the box next to 'Background' and choose
a colour
- Click on 'OK'
- On the General tab select 'Accessibilty'
- Select the option to ignore colours specified on webpages.
To prevent graphics and images appearing
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet
Options'
- On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia'
heading
- Deselect the graphics options 'animations',
'videos', 'pictures' and 'images' by clicking
on the boxes to remove the ticks
- Click on 'Apply' then 'OK'
To change the size of the window
- On the browser View menu select 'Full screen'
or press F11
To change the colour of links displayed on a screen
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet
Options'
- On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
- Click on 'Select ignore colours specified
on Web pages' (should contain a tick)
- Click 'OK'
- Select 'General' tab and click on 'Colours'
- Turn off the 'Use hover colours' tick box
(should not contain a tick)
- Select 'Visited' and choose the colour that
suits you best, Click OK
- Select 'Not Visited' and choose the colour
that suits you best, Click OK
- Select 'OK' for 'Colours'
- Select 'OK' for 'Internet Options'
If you have any problems changing your browser
settings, use the Help menu in your browser toolbar.
Mozilla Firefox (v3.x)
To enlarge text
- Click on 'View' menu
- Select the 'Zoom' option
- Click the "Zoom In" or "Zoom out" option to change the text size
To change text and background colour
Text
- Click on 'Tools' and select 'Options'
- Select the 'Content' tab
- Click the "Advanced..." button, select your desired fonts and size.
- De-select the option to "Allow pages to choose their own fonts...". Click OK.
Colours
- Click on 'Tools' and select 'Options'
- Select the 'Content' tab
- Click the "Colors..." button, select your desired colours.
- De-select the option to "Allow pages to choose their own fonts...". Click OK.
To prevent graphics and images appearing
- Click on 'Tools' and select 'Options'
- Select the 'Content' tab
- Deselect the option 'Automatically
load images' by clicking on the box to remove
the tick
- Click on 'OK'
If you have any problems changing your browser
settings, use the Help menu in your browser toolbar.
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