Accessibility

To find out quickly how to control text size, set display colours, control cookies, block popup windows and stop animated gifs see Browser Information.

For excellent detailed information on how to make the web more accessible using the full range of browsers on Windows, Apple Mac and Linux platforms see the BBC's My Web My Way.

Navigation short cut keys

You can scroll through a web page using the keyboard.

Action Key
Go down a page Page Down
Go down one line Down arrow
Go up a page Page Up
Go up one line Up arrow

You can navigate between links, back to the previous page viewed or forward to a later page viewed using the keyboard.

Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox

Action Keys
Highlight next link or field Tab
Highlight previous link or field Shift + Tab
Navigate to highlighted link Enter
Go back to previous page Alt + Left arrow
Go forward to next page Alt + Right arrow

Opera

Action Keys
Highlight next link Control + Down arrow
Highlight previous link Control + Up arrow
Navigate to highlighted link Enter
Go back to previous page Control + Left arrow
Go forward to next page Control + Right arrow

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Setting tooltips size

The size of the text displayed when you hold the mouse over an acronym depends on the size of the tooltips text. For Internet Explorer and Opera this may be changed using the Windows display settings.

Either:
  1. select Start
  2. select Settings
  3. select Control Panel
  4. select Display
Or:
  1. right click on empty part of desktop display
  2. select Properties
The display settings dialogue box comes up
  1. select Appearance tab
  2. for Item: select Tooltip from the drop down menu
  3. use upper Color box to select background colour
  4. use bottom row of boxes to select font type, size, colour and style
  5. select OK or Apply to save any changes

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Screen Readers

The blind and visually impaired can access information on a computer by using a screen reader. Those who are visually impaired, but have some sight, may use a screen reader in conjunction with reading the display visually.

R N I B has information about access software, including screen readers, for the visually impaired.

This content was created by Diana Isserlis

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