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Accessibility


This website has been designed built to the Worldwide Web Consortium's (W3C) guidelines for accessibility.

How is it accessible?
  • Use of alternative tags and title tags for all images and links
  • The menus and content of each page are written in text format (no images used). Making it safe to change text size, type and colour scheme of a page to view it more easily.
Access keys

itbuddy.org has been set up to allow the following access keys:

Key Navigates to:
1 Home
2 Contact
3 Forum
4 Guestbook
5 Terms of Use
6 Accessibility

How to use access keys

The procedure for using shortcut, or 'Access' keys, varies from browser to browser. The following table shows common AccessKey combinations:


Operating System

Browser

AccessKey Combination

Windows

Firefox 1.x

ALT + AccesKEY

Windows

Firefox 2+

SHIFT + ALT + AccessKey

Windows

I.E. 4+

ALT + AccessKey (to focus the link) + ENTER to activate

Windows

Mozilla

ALT + AccessKey

Windows

Netscape 6 and above

ALT + AccessKey

Windows

Opera 7

SHIFT + ESC, followed by AccessKey

Mac OS X

I.E. 5.2

CONTROL + AccessKey

Mac OS X

Firefox

CONTROL + AccessKey

Mac OS X

Mozilla

CONTROL + AccessKey

Mac OS X

Netscape 6+

CONTROL + AccessKey

Mac OS X

OmniWeb 5+

CONTROL + AccessKey

Mac OS X

Opera 7+

SHIFT + ESC + AccessKey

Mac OS X

Safari

CONTROL + AccessKey

 

Changing your browser settings

Changing Web page fonts and background colors

This website has particular type (font) faces, colors, sizes, and background colors. These settings are specified in a "style sheet,". You can override any or all of these settings, which is useful if you have limited or low vision. You can specify your font and color preferences for all pages that do not use style sheets, and then you can specify whether to use any or all of your preferences on pages that use style sheets.

To change how Web page colors are displayed
  • On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options
  • On the General tab, click Colors
  • Change the settings as needed

To display Web page text in a different font

  • In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options
  • On the General tab, click Fonts
  • In the Web page font and Plain text font lists, click the fonts you want

To display Web page text larger or smaller

  • Most navigation elements are plain text, and we have provided text alternatives to all graphics. The table below describes the procedure for adjusting text size on most popular browsers.


    Operating System

    Browser

    Instructions

    Windows

    I.E. 5+

    View > Text Size

    Windows

    Mozilla

    View > Increase Text Size / Decrease Text Size

    Windows

    Netscape 7

    View > Text Zoom

    Windows

    Opera 5 & 6

    Use dropdown menu on 'progress' bar

    Windows

    Opera 7

    View > Zoom

    Mac OS X

    I.E. 5

    View > Text Zoom

    Mac OS X

    Firefox

    View > Text View

    Mac OS X

    Mozilla

    View > Text Zoom

    Mac OS X

    Netscape 7

    View > Text Zoom

    Mac OS X

    Opera 8

    View > Zoom

    Mac OS X

    OmniWeb

    View > Bigger Text / Smaller Text

    Mac OS X

    Safari 1.0

    View > Text Size

    Mac OS X

    Safari 2.0

    View > Make Text Bigger / Make Text Smaller

To specify fonts and colors to always use for Web pages

  • On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options
  • On the General tab, click Accessibility
  • Change the settings as needed

. If you are experiencing problems viewing the site then please contact web@itbuddy.screenshot.org.uk

 


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