Accessibility
This site is based on CSS for text and layout and meets the following W3C accessibility and quality standards.
If you access these links, please note that they will open in a new
window
.
Links
In the main, to meet accessibility guidelines, links do not result in opening a new window but there are exceptions:
- Those connected with
a pdf document*, which are labelled as such -
.
- Links to external
sites - clearly marked with a
symbol.
You can, of course, choose to open links in a new tab or window. In Internet Explorer it is done by right clicking on the link, which brings up a menu with the "open" options at the top.
* If you do not already have the Adobe pdf reader installed on
your computer you can obtain it free of charge.
Zoom and text resizing/formatting
This site supports text resizing. In Internet Explorer go to 'View' on the browser menu and choose 'Text Size'. Other browsers, such as all current versions of Netscape, Mozilla Firefox and Opera, also have similar capabilities.
Internet
Explorer 7 gives you the opportunity to zoom in or out. One click on the
100% sign at bottom right hand corner of the browser window takes you to
125%, a second click to 150% and a third back to 100%.
Alternatively, you can set the size to whatever you want by using the
arrow.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) have been used to format the text, which allows users to override styles, where necessary.
Different browsers
Content should be fully accessible to older browsers but presentation is optimised for newer browsers that support web standards, such as style sheets (see above). It is best viewed in recent versions of Internet Explorer.
If your browser does not properly support style sheets we would suggest that you update to the latest version. There is no cost associated with this, unless you are using specialised access software.
Although we cannot recommend it generally, if
you have disability issues such as partial vision, you may find the
Opera
browser useful, in that you can easily adapt the view to meet your own
needs.