Accessibilty

This site has been designed to make the site accessible to as many people as possible using text resizing and software requirements.

Using the site

The site has been designed to be easily navigated.

Every page will have the main menu at the top of the page which allows you to switch between sections or search the site.

There is also a menu at the bottom to access site information and contact details.

When you are in one of the sections of the site you will also see a sub navigation on the left hand side which will first tell you which section you are in and then list all the pages within that section.

 


Text Resizing

This site has been designed to allow text resizing. Steps to change the size of the text are outlined below. This also works for many other sites too.

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0
    • Select View menu, click on Text size and choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh)
    • Click View menu, click on Text Zoom and choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller .
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
    • Select View menu, click on Internet Options and choose Fonts and change the size to Small or Large .
  • Netscape 6.0, and 4.0
    • Select Edit menu and click on Preferences. A new window will open. Select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window. Under Fonts reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).
  • FireFox
    • Select View menu, click on Text size and choose either Increase or Decrease the font size.
  • Mozilla
    • Select View menu, click on Text Zoom, and choose a percentage size or select Larger or Smaller .
  • Opera
    • Select View menu, click on Zoom, and then select a size from the list.
  • Safari
    • Select View menu and click Make Text Bigger to increase the font size or Make Text Smaller to reduce the font size

    Or for a quicker solution try holding down the ctrl key on your keyboard and scolling your mouse wheel.

Software requirements

Throughout this web site, you may encounter documents and files that require specific software to allow you to view the files. In most cases your computer will have the required software already installed. If however you need to install addtional software the following list of free software may be helpful.

To read PDF Documents go to Adobe website to download Adobe PDF Reader.

For Microsoft Office Documents:

  • go to microsoft download centre to download
    • Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
    • Microsoft Excel Viewer
    • Microsoft Word Viewer or
  • go to Open Office to download OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
    • Impress
    • Calc
    • Writer