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Accessibility

Access policy

Making text larger or smaller in your browser

Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text for the web page you are viewing.

In Firefox

  1. Open the ' View ' menu with the mouse or by press ' Alt ' and ' V ' at the same time.
  2. Select the ' Text Size ' option with the mouse or by pressing ' S ' twice.
  3. Increase or decrease the text size with the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys and pressing ' Enter '.
  4. Alternatively you can press ' Ctrl ' and ' + ' to increase the text size, ' Ctrl ' and ' - ' to decrease the text size. ' Ctrl ' and ' 0 ' returns you to the default size.

Follow these steps to set a minimum text size for all pages you visit:

  1. Open the ' Tools ' menu with the mouse or press ' Alt ' + ' T ' .
  2. Click on ' Options', or press ' O ' , to open the Options dialog box.
  3. Make sure that the ' General ' option is selected - if not either click on it or press ' Tab ' until it is highlighted (in blue) and then press the ' Enter ' key.
  4. Click on ' Fonts & Colors ' , or press ' F ' , to open the ' Fonts and Colors ' dialog box (see Fig 1 below).
  5. Click on ' Minimum font size ' box or press ' Alt '+' Z ' . Use the up and down arrows to select a new font size and press ' Enter '.
  6. Click on ' Always use my:' 'Fonts ' checkbox, or tab to this checkbox and press the ' Spacebar '.
  7. Click ' OK ' button or press ' Enter ' .
  8. Click ' OK ' button or tab to ' OK ' button and press ' Enter ' .
    Fonts & Colors dialog box

In Internet Explorer

  1. Open the ' View ' menu with the mouse or by pressing ' Alt'+'V ' .
  2. Select the ' Text Size ' option with the mouse or by pressing ' X ' .
  3. Choose your preferred text size with the mouse or by using the up and down arrow keys and pressing ' Enter ' or by clicking on it.

The text on our website should now have changed to reflect your choice.
Some websites have fixed the size of their text ('hard-coded') and as a result these websites will not show the change you have just made. If you would like to use your larger text on these sites follow the following steps:

  1. Click on the ' Tools ' menu with the mouse or press ' Alt '+' T ' .
  2. Click on ' Internet Options ' option with the mouse or press ' O ' . You should now see the ' Internet Options ' box as shown in Fig 1, below.
    Internet Options dialog box
    Fig 1
  3. Click on the ' Accessibility ' button which is highlighted with a red circle in Fig 1 with the mouse or press ' Alt '+ ' E ' .
    Accessibility dialog box
    Fig 2
  4. Click the ' Ignore font sizes specified on web page ' checkbox to add a tick or press ' Alt '+' Z ' as shown in Fig 2.
  5. Click the ' OK ' button twice with the mouse or press ' Enter ' twice, to return to Internet Explorer.

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.

Changing colours in your browser

This section explains how you can change the text and background colours in your browser

In Firefox

  1. Click the ' Tools ' menu or press ' Alt' + 'T '.
  2. Click ' Options ' or press ' O ' to display the ' Options ' dialog box (see Fig 1).
    Options dialog box
    Fig 1
  3. Click the ' Fonts and Colors ' button or press ' F ' to display the ' Fonts and Colors ' dialog box (see Fig 2).
    Fonts & Colors dialog box
    Fig 2
  4. To use your Windows colour scheme settings in Firefox click on the ' Use system colors ' checkbox, or ' Tab ' to the checkbox and press the ' Spacebar ' to select it, as highlighted in Fig 2 above.

Alternatively to set text and background colours just for Firefox:

  1. Make sure the ' Use system colors ' checkbox is unchecked by clicking on it or ' Tab ' to the checkbox and press the ' Spacebar ' to deselect it.
  2. For your text colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Text': heading and click on the colour you want to use, or press ' Alt' + 'T ' to jump to the text colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours and then press ' Enter ' to chose the highlighted colour.
  3. For your background colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Background: ' heading and click on the colour you want to use, or press ' Alt ' + ' B ' to jump to the background colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours and then press ' Enter ' to choose the highlighted colour.
  4. Next click on ' Always use my: Colors ' checkbox, or press ' Tab ' until the checkbox is highlighted and then press the ' Spacebar ' .
  5. Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the options dialog box.
  6. Click the ' OK ' button, or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is selected and press ' Enter ' , to return to Firefox.
  7. Click on the ' Reload current page ' button on the Navigation toolbar or press ' Ctrl ' + ' R ' to reload the page with your colour settings.

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.

In Internet Explorer

  1. Open the ' Tools ' menu with the mouse or by pressing ' Alt'+'T ' .
  2. Select the ' Internet Options ' option with the mouse or by pressing ' O '.
  3. Select the ' Accessibility ' button with the mouse or by pressing ' Alt'+'E ' as shown in Fig 1.
    Internet Options dialog box
    Fig 1
  4. Check the ' Ignore colours specified on web page ' checkbox with the mouse or by pressing ' Alt'+'C ' as shown in Fig 2 .
    Accessibility dialog box
    Fig 2
  5. Click the ' OK ' button with the mouse once or by pressing ' Enter ' once which will return you to the ' Internet Options ' box.

At this point it might appear than little has happened, but what has changed is the website is now using the colour scheme you have on your computer. If you are happy with the colours you do not need to take any further steps, just click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the browser. If however you still need to change the text or background colours on the web page take the following steps:

  1. With the ' Internet Options ' box still open click on the ' Colors ' button or press ' Alt' + 'O '.
    Colors dialog box
    Fig 3
  2. The default setting is to have the ' Use Windows colors ' option selected, to use your own colours click the box to remove the tick with the mouse or press ' Alt' + 'W ' (see Fig 3 above).
  3. Select either the ' Text ' button with the mouse (the ' Use Windows colors ' option must not be selected for this to work), or by pressing ' Alt' + 'T ' , or the ' Background ' button with the mouse, or by pressing ' Alt' + 'B ' .
  4. Select the colour of your choice with the mouse or by using the arrow keys.
  5. Select the ' OK ' button twice with the mouse or by pressing ' Enter ' twice.
  6. Now press ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to Internet Explorer.

Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.

Images

We have used images throughout this web site to add interest and provide variety. These images have been kept as small as possible and should load quickly. In some cases you are able to click through to a larger version of an image from a thumbnail example.
Each image is accompanied by an Alternative Text or "ALT" tag which provides a description of an image or a function. ALT tags are accessed by placing your mouse over the image.

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