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Accessibility help

This website aims to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, conformance level AA, and we are committed to further improving accessibility.

Text size and colour

Changing font sizes and font colours

Changing fonts can be useful for you if you have low vision, and need larger fonts or high contrast colours. You can change the font size, style and colour, and choose an alternative colour for links. You can also change background and foreground colours.

Changing fonts in Internet Explorer

  • If you are using Internet Explorer on a PC, select the View menu at the top of your window
  • To change font size, scroll down and select the Text size option
  • Alternatively, if you have a wheel mouse, hold down the CTRL key and use the wheel to interactively scale the font size
  • To ignore font and background colours choose the Internet options from the Tools menu at the top of the window
  • On the general tab of the window that appears, click the Accessibility button
  • This takes you to a menu where you can choose to ignore the way the page is formatted
  • Then return to the Internet options menu, and use the Colours and Fonts buttons to set your preferences

Changing fonts in Firefox

  • Click on 'View' on the menubar
  • Then select 'Zoom'
  • Select 'Zoom In' or 'Zoom Out'
  • Alternatively, if you have a wheel mouse, hold down the CTRL key and use the wheel to interactively scale the font size
  • Keyboard shortcuts of CTRL plus - and CTRL plus + are also available
  • To change the font style, size or colour, choose 'Tools', 'Options' and then the 'Content' tab

Changing fonts in Chrome

  • From the browser, select Preferences from the Edit menu at the top of the window
  • Click on Web content and uncheck the Show style sheets option
  • Return to the list of preferences and choose Web browser
  • Click on Language/Fonts and choose the size you need

Keyboard navigation

Arrow keys can be used to scroll up or down the page. You can use your Tab key to move between links, and press Return or Enter to select one. To go back to the previous page, use the Backspace key.

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