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Accessibilty

Optimise the way you view your web browser

If you have difficulty viewing our website on your screen, it is possible to change the settings on your browser which may improve its visibility.

Change visibility

These settings to improve the accessibility of web pages will apply to any website that you visit. However, you may find that not all pages within a site are compatible. The images on the screen will not be affected. These instructions have been tested with Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7.
To change the font and colour:

  1. On the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
  2. On the 'General' tab, click on 'Accessibility'
  3. Click in each of the three boxes to show ticks
  4. Click 'OK'.

 

Sans serif fonts (such as Arial) make text easier to read than serif fonts (such as Times New Roman).
To change the text font:

  1. On the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
  2. On the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'
  3. In the 'Web page font' and 'Plain text font' lists, choose the fonts you would like to use
  4. Click 'OK'.

 

To increase the font size:

  1. On the 'Browser' menu click 'View'
  2. Click 'Text size'
  3. Choose the size of text.

 

Some combinations of fonts, typefaces and background colours used in web page design may result in text being difficult to read. However, you can choose settings to suit you. To change the text colour and background colour:

  1. On the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
  2. On the 'General' tab, click 'Colours'
  3. Deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
  4. Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour
  5. Click 'OK'
  6. Select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour
  7. Click 'OK'.

 

To stop graphics from being visible on web pages:

  1. Under 'Tools', click 'Internet Options'
  2. On the 'Advanced' tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
  3. click on the graphics options ('animations', 'videos' and 'pictures') to remove the ticks
  4. click on 'Apply', and then click on 'OK'
  5. if graphics still appear, select 'View' then 'Refresh' from the toolbar, or press F5.

 

To change the size of the window:

  1. Click 'View' then 'Full Screen' from the toolbar, or press F11.

 

For additional options to tailor web pages making them easier to read go to the 'Tools' menu:

  1. Click on 'Internet Options'
  2. Select the 'Advanced' tab
  3. Choose from the options available to improve visibility.
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