Accessibility

Access Keys

The site can be navigated without a mouse using access keys. These are shortcut keys that will take you to commonly used pages such as the home page and the search pages.

To use these shortcut keys hold down the Alt key (Windows) or Ctrl key (Mac) and then one of the keys in the table below. You may have to press enter to confirm your choice, depending on the browser used. In the Opera 7 browser press Shift+Esc, and then press your chosen access key.

  • [ to skip to the main content on a page
  • 0 the list of access keys (on this page)
  • 1 Home
  • 2 Site Map
  • 3 Search
  • 9 Contact Us
  • / Link to us

Note: On Windows with Internet Explorer, press ALT + an access key then press Enter. If using Firefox on Windows, press SHIFT + ALT + an accesskey. If you are using a Macintosh, press Ctrl + an access key.

Skip Navigation

The "Skip to content" link allows users to skip past navigation links to the main content for the page.

Turning off style sheets

If you have problems with contrast try turning off style sheets in your browser to see a text-only version of this site.

How to turn off style sheets

IE:Tools > Internet options > Accessibility
Firefox: View > Page style > No style
Opera: View > Style > User mode
Safari (Mac): > No option available

Change text sizes

You may be able to increase the size of the text on screen.

Internet Explorer 7.0 (Windows)

Select the 'Page' menu, then 'Text Size', and then your chosen size (or if you have a mouse wheel simply hold down CTRL and roll the mouse wheel to alter the text size).

Internet Explorer 6.0 (Windows)

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text Size', and then your chosen size (or if you have a mouse wheel simply hold down CTRL and roll the mouse wheel to alter the text size).

Internet Explorer 5.5 (Windows, Mac)

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text Size', and then your chosen size (or if you have a mouse wheel simply hold down CTRL and roll the mouse wheel to alter the text size).

Firefox 1.0+, 1.5 & 2.0

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text Size', and then select decrease or increase. Alternatively select CTRL + + or CTRL + -.

Opera 7.0+

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Zoom', and then select the percentage increase or decrease you require. Alternatively select CTRL + + or CTRL + -.

Safari 1.2+ (Mac)

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Make Text Bigger' or 'Make Text Smaller'. Alternatively select Apple + + or Apple + -