Website accessibility

Changing the appearance of the screen

You can change the accessibility of the web pages by changing the font and background. Below are some suggestions. All changes are reversible and don't affect images.

Internet Explorer browser

Choosing a different font

select the Tools menu
select Internet Options
in the General tab, select Fonts in the Proportional and Fixed-width font lists,
select the fonts you would like to use.

Making text appear larger or smaller

You can increase or decrease text size from the text size option in the View menu.

Changing text and background colours

Certain combinations of fonts, typefaces and background colours can sometimes make text difficult to read. You can change these settings by choosing your own colour scheme - black text on a yellow background gives the most contrast

select Tools
select Internet Options
in the General tab, select Colors
uncheck the tick box labelled Use Windows Colors
select Text, and select the colour you want. Select OK
select Background, and select the colour you want to use. Select OK.
on the General tab, select Accessibility
select Ignore colors specified on Web pages. Select OK.

To stop images being displayed

select Tools
select Internet Options
in the Advanced tab, scroll down to Multimedia
select Show pictures to remove the tick
select Apply, and then select OK.

To expand the size of the window to full screen

Either press the F11 key, or click the Maximize window button located in the top right corner of the browser window; or in the View menu, select Full screen.

Netscape Navigator 6 / 7 browser

Changing the font

select Edit
select Preferences
select Appearance
select Font
change the Variable Width Font and the Fixed Width / Monospace Font to the type you prefer. (To use these fonts for future occasions, select Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts.)

Displaying text larger or smaller

You can increase or decrease text size from the Text Size / Zoom option in the View menu.

Changing the colour of the text and the background

select Edit
select Preferences
select Appearance
select Colors
uncheck Use Windows colors
select Text, and choose the colour you would like to use
select OK
select Background, and choose a colour
select OK
select Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors specified
select OK to close Preferences.

To stop images being displayed

select Edit
select Preferences
select Advanced
select Images
select Do not load any images
select OK.

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