Accessibility
To make it easier for you to use this site we've built-in some features which might help you get around.
Accesskey
The accesskey function allows lets you surf around a site without using your mouse to click on links.
Using your keyboard, it's possible to jump directly to certain links or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.
By typing alt+[accesskey] (PC) or ctrl+[accesskey] (Mac), a link becomes high-lighted. You can then hit the enter key to activate the link.
| function | access key |
|---|---|
| go to home page | alt+1, enter |
| skip page navigation (this brings the main content of a page to the top of the screen) | alt+2, enter |
| go to Site Map page | alt+3, enter |
| Skip to form or table (if a page contains either a feedback form or a table of data, it will be brought to the top of the screen) | alt+4, enter |
| go to Contact page | alt+9, enter |
| go to Accessibility page | alt+0, enter |
Tab Key
You can also use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links on a page. A single press of Tab high-lights the next link, shift+Tab high-lights the previous link.
Browser text-sizing tool
Most popular browsers feature a text resizing tool in the toolbar.
With this tool you can resize text on screen to a level you feel comfortable with. Just click on the icon, and select a new size.
This tool is also available in the menu of various browsers as follows:
- Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, 6 (PC): view > text size
- Internet Explorer 5 (Mac): view > text zoom
- Netscape 6, 7, Mozilla: view > text zoom
- Opera 7: view > zoom
Display of this site in older browsers
To allow access to as diverse an audience as possible, this website is built using techniques supported by Web Standards. Many of the features which we have used to improve accessibility are unfortunately not supported in certain older, non standards-compliant browsers. To take full advantage of the features on this, and many other sites across the web, we recommend that you upgrade to a standards compliant browser.
If you'd like to upgrade you can find a list of the most popular standards-supporting browsers here, all of which are free to download.
You can read more about web standards here.
Printing
If you need to print a page in this site you'll find that your browser's Print function works perfectly well.
Some sites will only print some of the text on a page, or will output cropped pages when you try to print them, but this site has been tailored to print correctly.
Choose file > print preview in your browser's menu to see for yourself. You'll notice that to improve clarity, none of the navigation objects or other elements which are superfluous to a printed version will be printed.
Conformance
This site conforms to the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines, to triple-A standard.
