Accessibility

Browser Accessibility Tools

Most browsers allow you to change the appearance of web pages.

Page colour

We've designed this site to provide a good level of contrast between text and background.

Browsers also allow users to adjust colour preferences. In Internet Explorer or Firefox this can be done under Tools - Options. More information can be found on the W3C's web page on how to change text size or colours.

Links

We try to ensure that link text makes sense out of context and that it accurately describes the pages it points to. You can use the tab key on your keyboard (as well as your mouse) to move consecutively from link to link.

Page structure

We've given each page a logical and meaningful structure through the correct use of headings and other elements like lists.

Images

Where relevant, images will have alternative text descriptions.

PDF files

Some of the information on our website is in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.

Download Acrobat Reader

Making changes to your operating system:
• Advice from the BBC showing users how to make full use of accessibility settings in browsers and operating systems.
• Advice for Microsoft users
• Advice for Apple users
• Advice for Linux users

Text size

Select your preferred text size

IE

1. Select "View" from the browser toolbar
2. Select "Text size" from the drop-down menu
3. Select your preferred text size

Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape

1. Select "View" from the browser toolbar
2. Select "Text size" from the drop-down menu
3. Select your preferred text size
4. If you use Netscape Navigator, go to the View menu and choose Increase Font until the text is the size you require.

Safari

1. Select "View" from the browser toolbar
2. Select "Make text bigger" or "Make text smaller" from the drop-down menu

Opera

1. Select "View" from the browser toolbar
2. Select "Zoom" from the drop-down menu
3. To make more changes to the font face, go to the Tools menu, select Preferences then click on the Web pages tab. Select the normal font button. A dialogue box appears and provides options to change font type, weight and style.