Accessibility

Use the keyboard instead of the mouse
You can use the tab key to go through the links on a page, pressing ENTER or the 'return' key when the link you want is highlighted.

How to use access keys

Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)
Hold down ALT key, press the access key and then press ENTER

Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down Ctrl and press the access key.

Netscape 6 and Firefox (PC)
Hold down ALT key and press the access key

Netscape 6 and Firefox (Mac)
Hold down CTRL key and press the access key

Safari (Mac)
Safari (Mac): Hold down CTRL key and press the number of the access key

Changing the text size
You can change the text size of a website.

Internet Explorer
Hold down Ctrl and press the + or - keys to make the text bigger or smaller. You can also click on the View menu and then select Text Size. Click on the text size you want.

Netscape and Firefox
PC users: Hold down Ctrl and press the + or - keys to make the text bigger or smaller.
Mac users: Hold down Cmd and press the + or - keys to make the text bigger or smaller.

Safari
Click on the Viewmenu and then select either Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

Changing colours and fonts
You can change the text, background colour and fonts that appear in a website.

Internet Explorer
Click on the Tools menu, then Internet Options. From here you can adjust the colour and font. 

If you click on the Accessibility button, you can decide to ignore the colours, font styles and font sizes of the website you are viewing. You can also apply your own style sheet to view websites with your choice of formatting.

Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Tools menu, then Options. Click on the Fonts & Colours button to adjust these settings.