In this section:
Accessibility
We've tried to make our website user friendly to all visitors, whatever browser
you're using. If you have any problems viewing or opening pages, please let us
know by calling 0845 052 5775.
Changing text size on your browser
If you use Netscape or Internet Explorer to view the internet, you can make the
text of our website bigger or smaller. The guidelines below, will help you find
the right text size for you.
If you find the text still needs to be bigger, even when set at the largest option,
or if you use a text-only browser, we recommend that you go to the RNIB website, which may help you find other ways of viewing sites on the internet.
Guidelines for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer
For PC
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Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window.
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Click 'Internet options...'
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Click on the tab marked 'General'
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Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
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To change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
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To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'
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Click 'OK' (and again if necessary)
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Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window.
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From the options which appear, select 'Text size'
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Select your desired text size
For Apple Mac
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Select the "edit" menu at the top of your window
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From the options menu which appears, select "preferences"
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Click on "web content"
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Deselect the button marked "show style sheets"
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Return to the list of preferences
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Click on "web browser"
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Select "language/fonts"
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Select the font size you require
Guidelines for users of Netscape Navigator
Text:
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Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
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Click on the ‘Appearance’ tab and click the 'Fonts' category
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Next to 'For the encoding' should read ‘Western’ to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18
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Next to the ‘Variable Width Font’ field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'.
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The ‘Fixed Width Font’ box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18
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To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'
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Click 'OK'
Netscape Navigator users may also control the colours on the screen. To do this,
simply follow the instructions below:
Colours:
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Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
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Open the Appearance group and click the 'Colours' category
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Select a colour button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links
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To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colours, overriding document'
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Click 'OK'
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