Accessibility
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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.
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Guidelines for users of Microsoft Internet Explorer
For PC
Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window.
Click 'Internet options...'
Click on the tab marked 'General'
Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
To change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'
Click 'OK' (and again if necessary)
Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window.
From the options which appear, select 'Text size'
Select your desired text size
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For Apple Mac
Select the "edit" menu at the top of your window
From the options menu which appears, select "preferences"
Click on "web content"
Deselect the button marked "show style sheets"
Return to the list of preferences
Click on "web browser"
Select "language/fonts"
Select the font size you require
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Guidelines for users of Firefox
Text:
You can set your default fonts by going to Tools/Options (or Preferences on Mac), selecting the "Content" panel, and selecting a default font and size in the "Fonts & Colors" section.
Immediately after the default font and size selection, you can click the "Advanced..." button to specify default fonts for different styles, including serif, sans-serif, and monospace. However, many web pages specify their own fonts, so your choices here will have no effect on such pages. To override the fonts defined by such pages, uncheck the "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above" option.
To set a minimum font size, go to Tools/Options (or Preferences on Mac) and select the "Content" panel. In the "Fonts & Colors" section, immediately after the default font and size selection, click the "Advanced" button. You can specify a minimum font size from the dropdown menu.
Colours:
You can set your default colors by going to Tools/Options (or Preferences on Mac) and selecting the "Content" panel. In the "Fonts & Colors" section, click the "Colors..." button. Here you can set default text and background colors, as well as default colors for visited and unvisited hyperlinks. You can also specify whether hyperlinks should be underlined.
However, many web pages set their own colors, so your choices will have no effect. To override the colors defined by web pages, uncheck the "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above" option.
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Guidelines for users of Netscape Navigator
Text:
Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
Click on the ‘Appearance’ tab and click the 'Fonts' category
Next to 'For the encoding' should read ‘Western’ to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18
Next to the ‘Variable Width Font’ field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'.
The ‘Fixed Width Font’ box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18
To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'
Click 'OK'
Netscape Navigator users may also control the colours on the screen. To do this, simply follow the instructions below:
Colours:
Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
Open the 'Appearance group' and click the 'Colors' category
Select a 'colour' button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links
To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colours, overriding document'
Click 'OK'
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