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Site Help and Accessibility
Access keys
Access keys allow you to move
around the main areas of the site without using a
mouse.
Use the keys below in
combination with the ALT key for Windows and the Control key for
Mac to move to the corresponding link and then press the
Return key to activate the link.
1 = Top of the page
2 = Printer friendly
3 = E-mail page link
4 = Contact the Academy
5 = Site help and accessibility A = Home B = Schemes C = News D = Careers E = Fun F = Partners and Links G = Calendar H = Contact I = Site Index S = Search
Q = Quick index
You can also use the TAB key
to move through the links and form controls on the
page. Depending on the browser you are using, these
may work differently or may not work at all.
Click-through links
All the links on this site,
internal or external, open in the same window unless
otherwise stated. Depending on your browser, you can
use the options available to open links in new
window.
Internet Explorer:
Right-click -> Open in New Window
Netscape: Right-click
-> Open Link in New Window
Text size
Most browsers allow you to
change the text size when relative sizing is used. Use
this option to increase/decrease the text size on
the page.
Internet Explorer: View
-> Text
size
Netscape: View -> Text
zoom
Colours and contrast
Most browsers have options for
changing the colour options.
Internet Explorer:
Tools -> Internet options -> Colours
Netscape: Edit ->
Preferences -> Colours
You can also use the
accessibility options of your browser to change
display options and to disable stylesheets.
File formats
Adobe
PDF -
stands for Portable Document Format. It is a
popular way of making downloadable documents
available on the web.
You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to
view these files, which you can download for free at
http://www.adobe.com.
Adobe Acrobat documents can be
converted to plain text documents using Adobe PDF
Conversion by Simple Form.
The latest version of Acrobat
Reader (version 6) has a Read Out Loud facility,
which can be found under the View menu.
Microsoft
Microsoft Word document.
Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet.
Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation.
Free viewers for these file
formats are available from Microsoft at
http://office.microsoft.com/Assistance/9798/viewerscvt.aspx
Audio and video files for Windows Media Player -
available as a free download from Microsoft at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx
Browser
We have taken great care in
making this site accessible to the widest possible
audience and tested these pages on different
platforms using different versions of most commonly
used browsers.
For best experience use the
latest version of your preferred browser at 1024x768
or higher screen resolution.
Java script
We have made a conscious
decision to avoid using Java script on this site.
Cookies
This site does not make use of
cookies. No information is written/transmitted to or
from your computer.
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