Site accessibility features

The site provides several accessibility features and facilities.

Accessibility bar

This is located at the top of each page and provides the following facilities:

Jump to navigation: click this link to scroll the page to the top menu skipping over the page header images.

Jump to main content: click this link to scroll the page to the beginning of the page’s main content bypassing the page header and top menu.

Accessibility: click this link to view the accessibility page.

Text size

Text size may be adjusted via these icons:

     Increases the font size.
     Decrease the font size.
     Restores the default font size.

Page width

Page width may be adjusted via these icons:

	Increases the width of the main content column.
	Expands the width of the main content column so that the page fills the browser window.
	Restores the default width.

Page contrast

Provides a high contrast version of the site click the icon again to revert to the normal contrast settings.

Please note: Font sizing, page width and contrast settings may be used in combination and will remain set for the duration of your visit to this site.

Keyboard only access

This site has been carefully designed to ensure that it is navigable using only a keyboard. All hyperlinks within the content and menus can be accessed via the Tab key of your keyboard. Use the Enter (Carriage Return key) to follow the selected link.

Links selected using the Tab key will be highlighted in yellow e.g. Download now.

To ensure that all navigation is accessible via your keyboard, the site does not use drop-down or fly-out menus.

Flash animation:

Some pages contain Flash animation. If you wish to view a flash animation but you do not have flash player, you can download it from www.adobe.com.

PDFs:

Many of the documents on this site are published in Portable Document Format (PDF). You’ll need to have Acrobat Reader on your computer to read them. This is available free of charge from the Adobe website. Click on the icon to download Acrobat Reader.

Using your browser controls you may be able to do the following:

Change the font style
Disable images download for faster access

Internet explorer

How to change the font style
Go to ’tools’, then ’internet options’, select ’accessibility’ and click on ’ignore font style specified on web pages’. Click 'ok'.

Disable images download for faster access
Go to ’tools’, then ’internet options’, select ’advanced’, look for multimedia and untick ’show pictures’. Click 'ok'.

Netscape

How to change the font style
Go to ’edit’, then ’preferences’, select ’appearance’ and click on ’fonts’ and change as desired. Click 'ok'.

Disable images download for faster access
Go to ’file’, then ’preferences’, select ’multimedia’. On the drop down menu select ’show no images’. Click 'ok'.

Mozilla Firefox

How to change the font style
Go to ’tools’, then ’options’, select ’content’ and in font & colours, change as desired. Click 'ok'.

Disable images download for faster access
Go to ’tools’, then ’options’, untick ’load images’. Click 'ok'.