Accessibility

Changing your font size and colour
Click on your preferred viewing option from the list below. Choosing the 'high contrast' option will change all green text links to blue. This will become effective immediately.

People with a visual impairment may have problems reading the default colours and font sizes on this website. It is possible to change these settings so all web pages are displayed in a larger typeface and clearer colour scheme.

Use the instructions below to alter the font size and colour on your browser. The instructions are for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.

Changing font size and colour in the browser settings
To enlarge text, select View and then Text Size on your browser menu bar.

To change your colour settings:

select Tools from the top of the browser window
click on Internet Options - a pop-up window will appear
click on Accessibility – another pop-up window will appear
tick the box marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'. Click OK
in the Internet Options window (which should still be open) click on Colours – a pop-up window will appear
deselect the box marked 'Use Windows colours'
choose a text colour and background colour by clicking on the coloured boxes to the right of Text
select OK to apply these changes to your browser

Documents:

Adobe Acrobat – PDF documents
Some documents on this website are available in PDF format (pdf). You need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these documents. The reader is free to download from the Adobe Reader download page. PDF documents on this website are indicated as (pdf) beside the link to the document.

Adobe provides advice on accessibility for those who have difficulty viewing documents in PDF format.