Accessibility

Your browser includes a number of ways to change the way our web pages are displayed. Here's how to change settings using Internet Explorer.

To permanently apply font and colour changes:

On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
On the General tab, select Accessibility
Tick the Ignore font sizes specified on web pages check box
Click on OK

On the browser menu select View
Click text size
Choose the size of text

To change text and background colour

On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
On the General tab, select Colour
Deselect the Use Windows Colours tick box
Select the box next to Text and choose a colour
Click on OK
Select the box next to Background and choose a colour
Click on OK

To prevent graphics and images appearing

On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the Multimedia heading
Deselect the graphics options animations, videos, pictures and images by clicking on the boxes to remove the ticks
Click on Apply then OK

To change the size of the window

On the browser View menu select Full screen or press F11

To change the colour of links displayed on a screen

On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
On the General tab, select Accessibility
Click on Select ignore colours specified on Web pages (should contain a tick)
Click in OK

Other options

Other options such as removing animation are available:

On the browser Tools menu select Internet Options
On the Advanced tab choose any of the options available to improve the visibility of the web pages.

Other web browsers

There are options to change the way pages are displayed on other browsers. Please refer to your browser's help or information section for details.