Help with using this website

Reading or listening?

Some pages have a short speech summary. From time to time you may see a "Talk box", with a man holding a trumpet. Click on the "Talk box" for more information about the page you are reading.

 

How to find your way around the website
The "menu" boxes on the left take you to different parts of this website. If you ever need to get back to this page, click on the "HOME" box:     

   

Changing the size of the text

You can change the size of the text you can see on the screen. (see picture on the right) At the top of the screen, click on "View" and choose the text size you want.

Changing fonts and colours in Browsers

You can change the font sizes, styles and colours of web pages displayed on your computer even if these have already been set by the website authors.

The following instructions will help you make these changes using Internet Explorer for PC and Mac. For other browsers, use the help section.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC

  1. Select Tools from the menu at the top of your browser window.
  2. Select Internet options.
  3. Click the General tab.
  4. Click the Accessibility button.
  5. To change font sizes, select the checkbox marked Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages.
  6. To remove colours specified by the website authors, select the checkbox marked Ignore colours specified on web pages.
  7. Click the OK button.
  8. Select View from the menu at the top of your browser window.
  9. Select Text size.
  10. Select a size from the menu.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac

  1. Select Explorer from the menu at the top of your screen.
  2. Select Preferences.
  3. Select Web Content from the Web Browser section of the left-hand menu.
  4. To remove fonts and colours specified by the website authors, uncheck the checkbox marked Show Style Sheets.
  5. Select Language/Fonts from the Web Browser section of the left-hand menu.
  6. Select the font size you want to use.

Reading text out loud with Acrobat Reader

Most of the committee papers on this website are "pdf" documents. The browser you are using probably can't read it out loud, but Acrobat Reader can. First save the file to your desktop, (click File and Save As). Then open it.  

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and most computers already have it installed. 

To download Acrobat Reader click on the yellow icon below.

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader

 

Change font size using Windows Control Panels

You can also change text size and background colours using the Windows Accessibility Control Panel

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