Accessible site

Here are some tips on how you can use this site more easily if you have difficulty in using a mouse or in reading the text.

1. Make text larger

Use your browser to set the text size. This is generally done via the browser's View menu.  Newer laptops have the ability to “pinch” open or close on the mouse pad to zoom in or out making text and images larger or smaller.

2. Navigate using your keyboard

You can use your keyboard to help you move around the page.

Tab: Move forwards through links.

Shift + Tab: Move backwards through links.

Page Up / Page Down: Move up and down the page.

Home: Jump to the top of the page.

Alt + left arrow: Back a page.

Alt + right arrow: Forwards a page.

3. Jump back to the top of the page

You can use the "back to top" link near the bottom of each page to jump back up to the top.

4. Use an alternative to a mouse.

If you have difficulties using a mouse, you might prefer to use tools such as "MouseKeys". This is built into Windows and allows you to use the number pad on your keyboard to move the pointer.

MouseKeys can be turned on with the shortcut key combination Left Shift + Left Alt + Num Lock. If this doesn't work, you can do it via Accessibility options within Control Panel:

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel (or Start -> Control Panel in Windows XP).

Click the Mouse tab (or press Ctrl + Tab until it is at the front), and turn on MouseKeys.

Alternative input devices are also available.

5. Bookmark your favourite pages

Press Ctrl + D (in most browsers) to add the page which you are viewing to your Bookmarks. This will allow you to find your favourite pages again quickly.

6. Use the sitemap

The sitemap lists all the pages of the site, so you can use this to find pages which interest you.

7. Use a speech browser

You might find it easier to have the website read out. W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium) have more information about alternative web browsing.