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Accessibility
We aim to ensure that our website is accessible to all users. This page contains information that we hope will help you better access the material on the site.
This page explains how to change the font size and the colours of the website.
It also explains what types of files we use on the website and how you can access them.
We welcome your suggestions and comments on how we can make our website more accessible.
If you encounter difficulties when using the site, please contact us using the website contact form or by phone: 020 7833 1733.
If we are unable to provide you with the information you require using your assistive technology, we will try to find an alternative way for you to be provided with the information.
Text Sizing
To change the size of the text on a page, click on the appropriate 'resize text' button.
The large A+ will make the text bigger.
The small A- will make the text smaller.
These buttons are located towards the rop-right of the screen:
These buttons are located towards the rop-right of the screen:
Colours
You can also change the colour of the text on the website.
In Internet Explorer:
Click on the Tools Button (it looks like a cog), and then click Internet Options.
On the General tab, click on Colors, under the Appearance heading.
De-select the Use windows colors check box.
To change the text colour, change the Text value.
To change the background colour, change the Background value.
Now press OK.
Now click on Accessibility and select Ignore colors specified on webpages, Ignore font styles specified on webpages and Ignore font sizes specified on webpages.
Now press OK.
In Firefox:
From the menu bar, click on Tools and then Options
Select Content and select Colours
De-select the box 'Allow pages to choose their own colours, instead of my selections above.
Click OK
Accessing the files we use on our website
Our website hosts documents for download in PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
If you would like to view any of these documents, you will need a program to read each of these types of files.
For PDF files, you can use Sumatra PDF.
For Microsoft Word files, you can use Microsoft's Word Viewer.
