Accessibility
Access Keys
This website makes use of access keys in accordance to the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) recommendations. Below is a list of the access keys and details of how to invoke these access keys.
S - Skip navigation
N - Go to navigation
T - Go to the top of the page
1 - Home page
3 - Site map
0 - Access key details
Depending on your browser type use one of the following:
A. With Windows-based systems, in general, press the "Alt" key and the relevant access key:
- if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time.
- if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or 6 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter, then press the "Enter" key.
- if you are using Netscape version 6 or later, or Mozilla, then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time.
- if you are using Firefox 2, then press "Shift+Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time. Please note there is currently a fault in Firefox when using a number as the access key.
B. With Macintosh-based systems, press the "Ctrl" key and the relevant access key
Navigation Aids
Pages on this site do not have an explicit tab order defined, but follow the layout of the page. Pressing the tab key will cycle through the following items: page banner, main navigation, page content, then footer. Access Keys are provided to skip to the main content.
Links
Links to other websites and PDF files open in the same browser window rather than opening a new window. Visitors wishing to open a new window can hold the SHIFT key (Windows) or Control key (Macintosh) while clicking on the link. We are currently in the proccess of adding TITLE descriptions to links within the website
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics are implemented as background graphics in the cascading style sheet.
Visual Design
- This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
Page / Text Zooming
Modern web browsers such as Internet Explorer 7, Opera and Firefox 3 all support page zooming. This feature magnifies the whole page including images. We recommend that you use this feature of your browser rather that text resizing which may distort the look of the web page.
Help with Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Many documents are provided in Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have a Portable Document Format reader installed on your computer, you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website.
Viewers with visual difficulties may find it useful to investigate services provided to improve the accessibility of Acrobat documents: http://access.adobe.com.
Please note that these files might not be fully accessible for screen-reader software or other needs.
How do I use your RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed?
You will need a news reader. There are many different versions, some can be accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want.
If you click on the button on our homepage marked RSS Feeds you will get a list of feeds you can subscribe to. You can subscribe to a feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, have functionality which automatically picks up RSS feeds for you. For more details on these, please check their websites.
