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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

Adobe PDF document icon image 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 icon image Microsoft Word document.

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet icon image Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Microsoft Powerpoint document icon image Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

Free viewers for these file formats are available from Microsoft at http://office.microsoft.com/Assistance/9798/viewerscvt.aspx

Windows Media Player icon image 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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