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Are the colours used on our website too
bright? Is the text too small? Here's some suggestions for making
our website easier to use...
The BBC provide a comprehensive guide to
website accessibility -
CLICK HERE
TO VIEW.
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
- CLICK HERE TO VIEW, which
may help you find other ways of viewing sites on the internet.
Changing text size on your browser
If you use Mozilla Firefox 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.
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
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
Guidelines for users of Mozilla Firefox
Text:
Select 'View' from the menu at the top of the window and
choose 'Text Size'
Next either select Increase or Decrease to change the
text size.
Alternatively, you can make the text larger by holding
down the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the '+' key or make the text smaller by
using holding down the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the '-' key.
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