Accessibility
Pop-up blockers
Pop-up blockers (Windows XP, Google, Yahoo and others). If you have a pop-up blocker enabled, links to other websites may not open. So if you click a link and nothing happens, hold down the Ctrl key and click the link again (holding the Ctrl key overrides the pop-up blocker).
Pop-up blockers may also prevent links to Word documents on our site from opening. So if you click a link and nothing happens, hold down the Ctrl key and click the link again (holding the Ctrl key overrides the pop-up blocker).
Site accessibility - bigger text and colour changes
If you need to change the size of the text or the colours on the page, most browsers will allow you to change the background and text colours (as well as the colour of hyperlinks) and to change font size. There is no sound on this website.
Click on your browser name to find out how to change the settings (after making changes you may need to click on the "Refresh" or "Reload" button for the changes to take effect)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 & 8
Improving Colour Contrast:
- Click on "Tools" at the top right of the window
- Select Internet Options
- Click on the Accessibility button
- Check the box next to "Ignore colors specified on web pages"
- Click on OK once to return to the options menu
- Click on the Colors button
- Deselect "Use Windows colors" (click to get rid of the check mark in the box)
- Click on the colour that you wish to modify (text, background or links)
- Click on the desired colour from the colour palette
- Click on OK once to return to the Colors menu
- Click on OK again when you've completed your modifications
- With the second click, the colours on your screen should change
- Experiment with a variety of combinations until you find the one that is most comfortable for reading on-screen
Increasing Font Size
- Click the magnifier symbol at the bottom right of the window and select a magnification percentage
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Improving Colour Contrast:
- From the menu bar at the top, pull down the Tools menu
- Select Internet Options
- Click on the Accessibility button that is near the bottom
- Check the box next to "Ignore colors specified on web pages"
- Click on OK once to return to the options menu
- Click on the Colors button that is near the bottom
- Deselect "Use Windows colors" (click to get rid of the check mark in the box)
- Click on the colour that you wish to modify (text, background or links)
- Click on the desired colour from the colour palette
- Click on OK once to return to the Colors menu
- Click on OK again when you've completed your modifications
- With the second click, the colours on your screen should change
- Experiment with a variety of combinations until you find the one that is most comfortable for reading on-screen
Increasing Font Size
- From the menu bar at the top, pull down the View menu
- Select Text Size
- There are 5 choices, ranging from smallest to largest
- Select a new font size
Mozilla Firefox
Increasing Font Size
- At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and then click Options
- Select the Content panel.
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Under Fonts & Colors, use the drop-down menus to select the font and font size of your choice.
- Click OK to close the Options window
For help please visit Firefox support
Chrome
Adjust fonts, languages and encodings
Google Chrome's font and language settings let you read the web and use the browser in your native tongue. Follow these steps to change these settings:
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Click the spanner icon
on the browser toolbar. - Select Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings and go to the "Web Content" section. Here are the various settings that you can adjust:
Browser interface language
Web page language preferences
Default fonts and encodings
For help please visit Chrome support
Safari
Make webpages easier to see
You can make the text and images on webpages larger so they're easier to read. When you enlarge images and graphics, Safari keeps the text sharp and maintains the webpage's layout.
Enlarge text and images on webpages
While viewing a page in the Safari window, do either of the following:
The Page menu is near the upper-right corner of the Safari window, and looks like a page with a corner turned down.
Enlarge small fonts on webpages
Not all small fonts used on webpages can be enlarged. Small fonts in images, for example, are not affected by this setting. Some webpages may not look correct if you select this option.
You can add a Text Size button to the Safari toolbar by customizing the Safari window.
Opera
For help please visit Opera support
