Accessability Help

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Text Resizing

Change Operating System Preferences

You can change settings within Windows or Macintosh operating system to increase the size of text used – this makes all text on your computer larger (not just websites)

Change Browser Preferences

You can change settings within your browser to increase the default size of “normal” text – this has the effect of enlarging the text on all the websites that you visit (provided those websites have been built in an accessible way) Internet Explorer 6 From the top menu bar, select View and point to Text size Internet Explorer 7 From the menu bar underneath the search field, select Page and point to Text size Mozilla, Firefox and most other browsers (PC).

Hold down the CTRL key and press + Decrease text size: Hold down the CTRL key and press – Macintosh (Safari, Firefox and most other browsers) Hold down the Command key and press + Decrease text size: Hold down the Command key and press -

Zoom-in (Modern Browsers only)

You can use modern browsers to enlarge any web-page – the effect is to zoom-in to the page just like enlarging an image.All “modern” browsers support this feature: Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer 8 (but unfortunately not Internet Explorer versions 6 or 7)

Although these guidelines aim to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities there are wider benefits to adopting these guidelines as they make sites more user friendly for all.