Access Keys
'Access Keys' allow easy access and navigation to the main pages on our web site.
To use the access keys simply
- Press and hold the 'alt' key
- Press the number or letter
- Press the return key and the relevant page will be loaded.
Standard Government Access Keys
S skip navigation
1 Homepage
2 What's new?
3 Site map
4 Search facility
7 Complaints procedure
8 Disclaimer (including terms and privacy policy)
0 Accessibility page
(Please note Access Keys may not work on all browsers)
Images and Alt Tags
Where images have been used we have added text alternatives so that you can still know what the image is meant to show even if it doesn't load or if you've have chosen to browse with the images switched off or you are using something like a screen reader to read the web page.
To increase the font size on this website:
Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0:
- Open your browser
- Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window of the browser marked View
- A list of options will appear in the drop down menu - choose text size
- Another drop down menu should appear with options including small, medium, large, largest
- Select large or largest
Using Netscape Navigator 6.2 and 7.0
Open your Netscape browser
Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements
If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key
Using Netscape Navigator 4.6
Open your Netscape Browser
Choose the drop down menu at the top of the window marked Edit
A list of options will appear in the drop down menu, select Preferences
In a box on the left hand side of this window you will find a list of choices.
At the top of this box you will see the word Appearance and under that fonts and colours.
Select Fonts In the box will be the text for the encoding and a drop down box. It will read western. Underneath this there will be the text variable width font and a drop down box.
Select the box and a drop down menu should appear.
Now choose Arial.
In the box next to this there is the text Size. Choose the drop down box and select 18
Underneath this there will be the text fixed width font and a drop down box. This should already be set by default to Courier New.
In the box next to this there is the text Size. Choose the drop down box and select 18.
Underneath these boxes there is the text. Sometimes a document will produce its own fonts. Beneath this there are three choices. The top choice is 'Use my default fonts' overriding document specified fonts. Choose this option by selecting the circle next to this sentence. Now select OK.
If the text is still not large enough for you then repeat the instruction and when you select Size and make the text larger than 18.
Using Firefox
Download an add-on called No Squint - this lets you permanently change the text size on a site-by-site basis.
Using Screen magnification
If you change the settings and find that this does not enlarge the text enough, then you may want to consider screen magnification software. Screen magnification can magnify up to 16 times.
Using a mouse with a scrolling wheel
- To enlarge text, hold down the Control key while rotating the mouse wheel towards you.
- To reduce text size hold down Control and spin the wheel away from you. This will either step you through a range of text sizes or zoom the whole page in/out.
Please note – if you use Internet Explorer 6, this trick may not work with some external websites.
Changing screen colours
To over-ride the default colours or colour schemes, if using Internet Explorer, go to the Tools menu and choose 'Internet options'.
When the dialog box appears, click on the 'Colours' button and adjust accordingly by de-selecting the 'Use Windows colours' box.
Then choose the 'Accessibility' button and tick the box labelled 'Ignore colours specified on Web pages'.
Viewing the full screen
To view the full screen and remove some of the browser's navigation bars, press F11 once.
Press it again to return the navigation bar Access keys
