Accessibility
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By default, all text on this website is set in a relatively sized font. This means that you can resize the text easily from within your browser. If you need to, you can also change the font, font colour and background colour. Instructions for the most common browser types are provided below.
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Internet Explorer (all windows versions)
To change the text size
1. Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
2. Select 'Text Size'.
3. Select your option.
The default is medium. Alternatively, if you have a mouse with a wheel you can hold the CTRL key on your keyboard whilst scrolling up or down with the wheel to alter the text size.
To change the font and colour settings
1. Select 'Internet Options' from the 'View' OR the 'Tools' menu depending on your browser version.
2. Select the 'Accessibility' option, and click the three boxes displayed under formatting, so that they are now showing ticks.
3. Follow the instructions below to change font and colours.
To change the font:
1. Select 'Internet Options' from the 'View' OR the 'Tools' menu depending on your browser version.
2. Click on the 'Fonts' option.
3. Choose your font from the drop-down menu under Webpage font, and click the 'OK' button. Arial or Verdana (if you have them) are two of the easiest fonts to read.
To change text or background colours:
1. Select 'Internet Options' from the 'View' OR the 'Tools' menu depending on your browser version.
2. Click on the 'Colours' option, and un-tick the box next to Use Windows colours.
3. To change the colour of the text - click on the button to the right of 'Text' - choose your colour from the palette and click 'OK'.
4. To change the colour of the background - click on the button to the right of 'Background' - choose your colour
from the palette and click 'OK'.
To remove images
1. Select 'Internet Options' from the 'View' OR the 'Tools' menu depending on your browser.
2. Select the 'Advanced' tab at the top right hand corner of the box.
3. Scroll down to the Multimedia heading.
4. Un-tick the box next to 'Show Pictures'.
5. Click on the 'Apply' button - then click on the 'OK' button.
For further help and assistance - please visit the Microsoft Help and Support website.
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Netscape (6.0/7.0+)/Mozilla (i.e. Firebird/Firefox/Camino, Mac and PC)
To change the text size
1. Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
2. Select 'Text Size' or 'Text Zoom'.
To change the font and colour settings
1. All changes are done by selecting 'Preferences' from the 'Edit' menu.
2. Select 'Appearance' from the left hand panel.
3. Select 'Fonts' - and make your changes
4. To increase the font size - increase the value in the box - Minimum font size.
5. Untick the small box nearly at the bottom - Allow documents to use other fonts.
1. Select 'Colours' and make your changes.
2. Under the heading - "When a web page provides its own colours and background" - select the option that starts "Use my chosen colours, ignoring .....".
3. Click 'OK'.
Firefox Users
1. All major changes are done by selecting 'Options' from the 'Tools' menu.
2. Select 'General' from the left hand bar.
3. Select the button 'Fonts and Colors' from the right hand section and make your changes. From here you can change fonts, colours, link colours, background colours, etc.
4. Selecting 'Extensions' from the left hand panel allows you to install extensions to the browser. Some may be of help to you.
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Netscape (pre 6.0)
To change the text size
1. Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
2. Then select 'Increase Font'.
3. The keyboard action for this is CTRL+
To change the font and colour settings
1. Change the colour of the text or the background: select 'Appearance' - then select 'Colours'.
2. Select 'Text' - choose your preferred colour and click on the 'OK' button.
3. Select 'Background' - choose your preferred colour and click on the 'OK' button.
4. Click 'OK' again to close the 'Preferences' option.
To remove the images
1. Select the 'Edit' option from the menu bar.
2. Select the 'Preferences' option.
3. Select the 'Advanced' option.
4. Un-tick the box next to Automatically load images and click 'OK'.
For further help and assistance - please visit the Netscape Browser Central website.
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Opera
To change the text size
1. Click on 'File' in the top menu toolbar.
2. Click on 'Preferences' - then (in the left-hand 'Category' section of the dialogue box) 'Documents'.
3. Specify the font size you require in the 'Minimum font size (pixels)' option.
Help from the Opera website
- See Visual impairments and Opera
- See Mobility impairments and Opera
- See Accessibility in Opera
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Internet Explorer 5.1 (Mac)
Apple no longer supports Internet Explorer so you may find unresolvable problems when using it. We suggest you download the free browser 'Safari' to use instead, which is fully supported.
Safari is available for download here
To change the text size
1. Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
2. Use the 'Text Zoom' feature.
For full instructions on making use of the various versions of the Macintosh operating system's accessibility
features - including resizing text, text-to-speech function and keyboard alternatives to mouse functions, please visit the Apple website's section on accessibility
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Apple Safari
To change the text size
1. Go to the 'View' menu.
2. Use the 'Make Text Bigger' and 'Make Text Smaller' menu items.
3. Alternatively you can use the option key with + or - to increase or decrease the text size.
For full instructions on making use of the various versions of the Macintosh operating system's accessibility
features - including resizing text, text-to-speech function and keyboard alternatives to mouse functions, please visit the Apple website's section on accessibility
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Adobe Acrobat (and accessibility)
This site uses Adobe Acrobat to display PDF documents. If you have trouble using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe provide a free online tool which converts the content of PDF files to either HTML or ASCII text. Adobe also provides advise on how to configure your Reader, and a free download of the Accessible Adobe Reader.
For further help and assistance - please visit the Adobe accessibility website
www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/main.html
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Assistive Technology
There are a number of different softwares available to help people with various difficulties to use websites.
Below are just a few examples.
Online Lynx Viewer - online text browser Lynx.
JAWS screen reader - download a free trial copy of the screen reader Jaws.
Magic screen magnification - information on screen magnification software.
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