Web Page Accessibility Information

There are a number of accessibility and usability features on this site

This site follows the accessibility guidelines as specified by W3C. The accessibility features in this site include:

Tab keys
Access Keys
Access Keys used within the Site
Skip To Navigation Feature
Scalable Text Options
Fluid Page Layout

Tab Keys

If you're using the keyboard to get around the site, you can use the 'tab key'. Every time you press on the tab key you will jump to the next link. Pressing 'enter' will take you to the destination of the link.

Note: Tab key navigation is not supported on all browsers.

Access Keys

The left-hand navigation menu has one letter in each link underlined. This is called the "Access Key". By keying the Alt key plus the underlined letter you can activate the Access Key and follow the link.

Users of Internet Explorer must also hit the 'enter' key.

Users of other browsers (Netscape 6+, Mozilla and others) need only use Alt plus the Access Key.

Mac users should use the Control key.

The "Home" link on each page also has it's own Access Key (1).

With Opera access keys can be used by:

Toggle HTML access keys Shift + Esc
Enter HTML access keys A-Z

Skip To Navigation Feature

At the top of every page is a hidden link called Skip to Navigation that is spoken by screen-reading software. It is the first link and allows skipping over all content to the main page navigation area of the page.

Scalable Text Options

You can increase and decrease the size of the text on this site by using your browser controls.

Internet Explorer

Select the Text Size option from the View menu.

Netscape

Select the Text Zoom option from the View menu.

Opera

Select the Zoom option from the View menu.

FireFox

Select the Increase Text Size or Decrease Text Size option from the View menu.

Safari

Select Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller from the View menu.

Fluid Page Layout

The fluid page layout of this site allows it to fit various screen sizes as the browser window is resized.

Standards Compliance

This site development has been based on W3C Web Standards:

XHTML 1.0 Strict
CSS Level 2

Browser Compatibility

The most current version of the following browsers should be used to get the best from your web experience when using this web site.

Plug-ins

This site contains content which may require the use of the following plug-ins:

Adobe Reader

Adobe Flash Player

Apple QuickTime