Accessibility
We are committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact us.
Changing the text size of the website
Today, most modern browsers feature the inbuilt functionality to resize the text or zoom into the page, to a level you feel comfortable with.
| Browser | Menu Location |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 7, 8 (PC) | View > Text Size View > Zoom |
| Internet Explorer 6 (PC) | View > Text Size |
| Firefox 2.x | View > Text Size |
| Firefox 3.x | View > Zoom |
| Opera | View > Zoom |
| Safari (Mac) | View > Make Text Bigger |
Alternatively, if you have a mouse with a scroll-wheel, hold down the CTRL (PC) or COMMAND (Mac) on your keyboard whilst scrolling up and down with the mouse wheel. This will also increase or decrease the text size/page zoom.
Access keys
By using your keyboard, you can jump directly to certain site pages or areas within a page, without having to use your mouse, via the access key function.
| Function | Access key |
|---|---|
| Return to home page | 1 |
| Skip to content | 2 |
| Skip to global navigation and tools | 3 |
| Skip to section navigation (if applicable) | 4 |
| Contact us | 5 |
| Site map | 6 |
| Accessibility | 0 |
Hold down the ALT+[Access key] (General PC), ALT+SHIFT[Access key] (Firefox 2.x/3.x) or CTRL+[Access key] (Mac), and a link becomes highlighted. Next, hit the enter key to action.
Using the tab key
You can use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links on a page. A single press of Tab highlights the next link, Shift+Tab highlights the previous link. All forms on the website try to have a logical tab sequence.
Standards compliance
- Our pages conformed to a minimum to Level A compliance at the time of website launch, as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.
