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Accessibility

 

This website aims to conform to the Guidelines for UK government websites, which support the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.

Changing the text size

 

                  You can change text on our website by clicking on one of the three letter 'A's that appear at the top of each page.

                   

                  Changing the screen resolution

                   

                  You can change the resolution of your computer screen to make the entire screen display bigger or smaller. Depending on which sort of computer you are using, this can be done in the following ways:

    Microsoft Windows computer: select Start > Control Panel > Display > Settings
    Apple Macintosh computer: select System Preferences > Displays > Resolution

                   

                  Changing the screen colours

                   

                  You can use your web browser options to choose your own colours. Depending on which web browser you are using, this can be done in the following ways:

                  Internet Explorer: select Tools > Internet Options > General > Colors
                  Mozilla Firefox: select Tools > Options > Content > Colors
                • Opera: select Tools > Preferences > Fonts and Page Style
                • Safari: select Safari > Preferences > Appearance


                  PDF files

                   

                  To view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files, you need the free Adobe Reader software. If you don't have Adobe Reader already, you can download it from www.adobe.com . Follow the link titled 'Get Adobe Reader'. Adobe also provide advice for visually impaired users at access.adobe.com.

                   

                  Word files

                   

                  You can view and print Microsoft Word files from Microsoft Word itself or several other word processing packages. Microsoft offer the free Microsoft Word Viewer as a download for Windows users that don't have a suitable word processor. The viewer is available from the Office section of www.microsoft.com.

                   

                  Further help

                   

                  More detailed information about how to change the fonts and font sizes in your operating system and in various other browsers is available online at BBC My Web My Way.

                   

                  This comprehensive site also includes information about changing the colours in your operating system and web browser, changing the mouse pointer and using the keyboard instead of the mouse.

                   

                  If you experience any difficulty in accessing any parts of this site please contact the webmaster at webmaster@universitiesuk.ac.uk  or phone the Information Centre +44 (0)20 7419 5523 for assistance.