As infobaseglasgow.org is fully
compliant with level one accessibility rules, users can adjust settings such as font size and background colour to
improve visibility and make the most of our site.
Our website has been written in such a way that any changes you've already
made in your web browser prior to visiting us are automatically reflected.
The following information will not only help you to change the colours,
text size and style of our website, but will also explain how these changes
can be made to affect every site you visit if you so wish.
This section includes information on the following:
Changing the size of the text
Changing the style of the text
Changing text and background colours
Before we can give you instructions on how to make these changes we need to
know which browser you are using. Please select one of the following:
Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text on our
site:
Open the View menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+V.
Select the Text Size option with the mouse or by pressing T.
Choose your preferred text size with the mouse or by using the up and
down arrow keys and pressing Enter.
The text on our website should now have changed to reflect your choice.
Some websites have "hard-coded" the size of their text and as a
consequence these websites will not reflect the change you have just made. If
you would like your preferences to be reflected on other sites you visit
please follow these steps:
Open the Tools menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+T.
Select the Internet Options option with the mouse or by pressing O (see
fig1, below).
Select the Accessibility button with the mouse or by pressing Alt+E (see
fig 2, below).
Check the "Ignore font sizes specified on web page" checkbox
with the mouse or by pressing alt+Z.
Select the OK button twice with the mouse or by pressing Enter twice.
fig 1 (Internet Explorer Internet Options dialog box)
fig 2 (Internet Explorer Accessibility dialog box)
Changing the Style of the Text
We have chosen a clear non-seriffed font which should be more easily read
by those with a visual impairment or dyslexia than other font styles (such as,
for example, Times New Roman). However, you may wish to impose a different text
style browser setting as many websites you visit may not have text in a style
you find easy to read. The following steps will also override the style they
have chosen with that of your preferred choice:
Open the Tools menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+T.
Select the Internet Options option with the mouse or by pressing O (see
fig 1, above).
Select the Accessibility button with the mouse or by pressing Alt+E (see
fig 2, above).
Check the "Ignore font styles specified on web page" checkbox
with the mouse or by pressing alt+S.
Select the OK button with the mouse or by pressing Enter.
Select the "Fonts" button with the mouse or by pressing Alt+N
(see fig 3, below).
Select a web page font of your choice with the mouse or by pressing
Alt+W and arrowing through the list.
Select the OK button twice with the mouse or by pressing Enter twice.
fig 3 (Internet Explorer Fonts dialog box)
Changing Browser Settings of Text and Background Colours
Although we have tried to retain a good contrast at all times, you may wish
to impose a different combination of text and background colours. For example,
some people with a visual impairment may prefer white text on a black
background.
Please follow these steps to change the colours on our site:
Open the Tools menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+T.
Select the Internet Options option with the mouse or by pressing O (see
fig 1, above).
Select the Colors button with the mouse or by pressing Alt+O (see fig 4,
below).
Choose to have your Windows colour scheme reflected by selecting the
"Use Windows color scheme" option with the mouse or by pressing
Alt+W.
OR:
Select either the Text button with the mouse (or by pressing Alt+T), or
the Background button with the mouse (or by pressing Alt+B).
Select the colour of your choice with the mouse or by using the arrow
keys.
Select the OK button twice with the mouse or by pressing Enter twice.
fig 4 (Internet Explorer Colors dialog box)
Some websites have "hard-coded" their text and background colours
and as a consequence these websites will not reflect the change you have just
made. If you would like your preferences to be reflected on other sites you
visit please follow these steps:
Open the Tools menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+T.
Select the Internet Options option with the mouse or by pressing O (see
fig 1, above).
Select the Accessibility button with the mouse or by pressing Alt+E (see
fig 2, above).
Check the "Ignore colors specified on web page" checkbox with
the mouse or by pressing alt+C.
Select the OK button twice with the mouse or by pressing Enter twice.
Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of text on our site:
Open the View menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+V.
Select the Text Zoom option with the mouse or by pressing Z.
Choose your preferred text size with the mouse or by using the up and
down arrow keys and pressing Enter.
Some web sites have "hard-coded" the size of their text and as a
consequence these web sites will not reflect the change you have just made. If
you would like your preferences to be reflected on other sites you visit
please follow these steps (Please note: If you are using Netscape v7 then the
following steps are not necessary):
fig 1 (Netscape Font Preferences Dialog box)
Open the Edit menu with the mouse or press Alt+E
Click on Preferences or press E to open the preferences dialog box.
Click on, or use the arrow keys, to select the Font heading underneath
the Appearance category. If you cannot see the Font heading, you may need
to expand the Appearance category. Do this by either double clicking on
Appearance, or selecting Appearance with the arrow keys and pressing the
right arrow key (See fig 1).
Using the mouse, or the Tab key, navigate to the Minimum Font Size box
on the right hand side. Click on the arrow and choose a new font size, or
press the up arrow, choose a new font size and press Enter.
Now click OK or press Enter to return to the page you were viewing.
Changing the Style of the Text Browser Settings
We have chosen a clear non-seriffed font which should be more easily read
by those with a visual impairment or dyslexia than other font styles (such as,
for example, Times New Roman). However, you may wish to impose a different
text style as many web sites you visit may not have text in a style you find
easy to read. The following steps will also override the style they have
chosen with that of your preferred choice.
Open the Edit menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+E.
Click on Preferences or press E to open the preferences dialog box.
Click on, or use the arrow keys, to select the Font heading underneath
the Appearance category. If you cannot see the Font heading, you may need
to expand the Appearance category. Do this by either double clicking on
Appearance, or selecting Appearance with the arrow keys and pressing the
right arrow key (See fig 1).
Using the mouse, or the Tab key, navigate to the box labelled
"Allow documents to use other fonts" and press the space bar or
use the mouse to ensure that this option is not checked.
Use the mouse, or the tab key, to navigate to the Proportional drop down
box.
Press the up or down arrow keys and Enter to choose the font you wish to
use, or use the mouse and click on your chosen font. A proportional font
is one in which the letters are of varying widths, like this paragraph.
You can either choose Serif or Sans Serif.
Once you have chosen the default proportional font, you can set the
default size. Press Tab or use the mouse to click in the size box
immediately after the proportional font. Press the up or down arrow keys
and Enter, or use the mouse, to choose the font you want.
Tab once more, or use the mouse, to navigate to the Serif box. Press up
or down, select the font you want to use and press Enter, or use the mouse
to click on the font that you want to use (this will only be used if you
selected Serif as the Proportional font in stage 5).
Tab once more, or use the mouse to navigate to the Sans Serif box. Press
up or down, select the font you want to use and press Enter, or use the
mouse to click on the font that you want to use (this will only be used if
you selected Sans Serif as the proportional font).
Tab once more, or use the mouse to navigate to the Cursive box. Press up
or down and then Enter to choose the font you wish to use, or use the
mouse and click on your chosen font. This is used when someone has
specified a cursive font on their page.
Tab once more, or use the mouse to navigate to the Fantasy box. Press up
or down and then Enter to choose the font you wish to use, or use the
mouse and click on your chosen font. This is used when someone has
specified a Fantasy font on their page.
Tab once more, or use the mouse to navigate to the Monospace box. Press
up or down and then Enter to choose the font you wish to use, or use the
mouse and click on your chosen font. This is used when someone has
specified a monospace font on their page.
Now click OK or press Enter to return to the page you were viewing.
Changing Browser Settings of Text and Background Colours
Although we have tried to retain a good contrast at all times, you may wish
to impose a different combination of text and background colours. For example,
some people with a visual impairment may prefer white text on a black
background. Please follow these steps to change the colours on our site:
fig 2 (Netscape Colors Preferences Dialog Box)
Open the Edit menu with mouse or press Alt+E
Click on preferences or press E
Click on, or use the arrow keys, to select the Colors heading underneath
the Appearance category. If you cannot see the Colors heading, you may
need to expand the Appearance category. Do this by either double clicking
on Appearance, or selecting Appearance with the arrow keys and pressing
the right arrow key (see fig 2).
Choose to have your Windows colour scheme reflected by Tabbing to the
Use System Colors option and pressing space to select it, or click it with
the mouse OR
Click on the Text or Background color option and choose an alternative
colour, or press Tab until the Text or Background color box is
highlighted, press the space bar, use the arrow keys to choose an
alternative colour and press space to confirm this colour.
Press Enter to return to Netscape.
Some web sites have "hard-coded" their text and background
colours and as a consequence these web sites will not reflect the changes you
have just made. If you would like your preferences to be reflected on other
sites you visit please follow these steps:
Open the Edit menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+E
Click on, or use the arrow keys to select the Colors heading underneath
the Appearance category. If you cannot see the Colors heading, you may
need to expand the Appearance category. Do this by either double clicking
on Appearance, or selecting Appearance with the arrow keys and pressing
the right arrow key (See fig 2).
Use the mouse or press Tab to select the "Use my chosen colours,
ignoring the colours and background images specified" option and
press space to select this option.
Press Enter to return to the page you were viewing.
Unlike Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, Opera can increase the
size of images as well as text.
You can quickly increase or decrease the size of both text and graphics
using the numberpad + and - keys. Each press will increase or decrease the
size by 10%.
However, these changes will not be remembered next time you open Opera.
Follow these steps to increase or decrease the size of the text
permanently:
Open the File menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+F.
Select the Preferences option with the mouse or by pressing R.
Select "Page Style" from the list with the mouse or by using
the down arrow key (see fig 1, below).
Select the "Default Zoom" of your choice with the mouse or by
pressing Z and using the up and down arrows.
Select the OK button with the mouse or by pressing Enter.
fig 1 (Opera Preferences page styles dialog box)
The text on our website should now have changed to reflect your choice.
Some websites have "hard-coded" the size of their text and as a
consequence these websites will not reflect the change you have just made. If
you would like your preferences to be reflected on other sites you visit
please follow these steps:
Open the File menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+F.
Select the Preferences option with the mouse or by pressing R.
Select "Page Style" from the list with the mouse or by using
the down arrow key (see fig 1, above).
Select the "Default Zoom" of your choice with the mouse or by
pressing Z and using the up and down arrows.
Select the "My fonts and colours" option with the mouse or by
pressing Alt+C.
Select the OK button with the mouse or by pressing Enter.
Changing the Style of the Text
We have chosen a clear non-seriffed font which should be more easily read
by those with a visual impairment or dyslexia than other font styles (such as,
for example, Times New Roman). However, you may wish to impose a different
text style as many websites you visit may not have text in a style you find
easy to read. The following steps will also override the style they have
chosen with that of your preferred choice:
Ensure the "My fonts and colours" option is selected as
described in the previous section.
Open the File menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+F.
Select the Preferences option with the mouse or by pressing R.
Select "Fonts and Colours" from the list with the mouse or by
using the down arrow key (see fig 2, below).
Select the type of text you want to redefine (e.g. "Normal")
from the list with the mouse or by pressing Tab and using the up and down
arrow keys.
Select the first Choose button with the mouse by pressing Tab and Enter
(see fig 3, below).
Select from the subsequent dialog box the text style of your choosing
with the mouse or by using Tab and the arrow keys.
Select the OK button twice with the mouse or by pressing Enter twice.
fig 2 (Opera Preferences fonts and colors dialog box)
Although we have tried to retain a good contrast at all times, you may wish
to impose a different combination of text and background colours. For example,
some people with a visual impairment may prefer white text on a black
background.
Please follow these steps to change the colours on our site:
Ensure the "My fonts and colours" option is selected as
described in the previous section.
Open the File menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt+F.
Select the Preferences option with the mouse or by pressing R.
Select "Fonts and Colours" from the list with the mouse or by
using the down arrow key (see fig 2, above).
Select the type of text you want to redefine (e.g. "Normal")
from the list with the mouse or by pressing Tab and using the up and down
arrow keys.
Select the first Choose button with the mouse by pressing Tab and Enter.
Select from the subsequent dialog box the text colour of your choosing
with the mouse or by using Tab and the arrow keys (see fig 3, above).
Select the OK button with the mouse or by pressing Enter.
Select the second Choose button with the mouse or by pressing Tab and
Enter.
Select from the subsequent dialog box the background colour of your
choosing with the mouse or by using Tab and the arrow keys.
Select the OK button twice with the mouse or by pressing Enter twice.
Upgrade your browser
So that you get the most from our website - and the web in general - we
recommend that Microsoft Internet Explorer users upgrade their browsers to
Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 offers enhanced privacy features and
provides a more flexible and reliable browsing experience. It is compatible
with Windows XP, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows ME), Windows 2000,
Windows 98 and Windows NT® with Service Pack 6a or later.
