ACCESSIBILITY

Accessibility Statement.

          The Great Western Archive is commited to meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and makes every effort to ensure that its communications are accessible.

          This web site follows the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Guidelines. You can find out more from the Web Accessibility Initiative web site.

Text Size


If you want to view this web site in a larger text size, please amend you browser settings by the following method.

      PC / Internet Explorer 6 - From the top menu bar, select 'View' and click on 'Text Size',

      PC / Internet Explorer 7 - From the menu bar underneath the search field, select 'Page' and click on 'Text Size',

     PC / other browsers - To increase the text size, hold down the CTRL key and press '+'. To decrease the text size, hold down the CTRL key and press '-'

     MAC / all browsers - To increase the text size, hold down the Command key and press '+'. To decrease the text size, hold down the Command key and press '-'


Changing Text and Background Colours

Changing the web pages background colour can be particularly useful for users who rely on magnification technology, as white can produce an uncomfortable glare - one reason for the change of the web sites default background colour from white to ivory. It is also possible to change of the body text on the site. Again, both can achieved by changing your browser settings.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

      Go to 'Tools' menu

      Select 'Internet Options'

      Select 'Accessibility'

      Place a tick in the box next to "Ignore colors specified on web pages"

      Select 'OK'

      Select 'Colors'

      Ensure that the box next to "Use Windows colors" is unticked

      Select your preferred Text and Background colours

      Confirm colours 'OK'

      Confirm options 'OK'


Firefox

      Go to 'Tools' menu

      Select 'Options'

      From Options, select 'Content'

      Select 'Colors'

      Ensure that the box next to "Allow pages to choose their own colors" is unticked

      Ensure that the box next to "Use system colors" is unticked

      Select your preferred Text and Background colours

      Confirm colors 'OK'

      Confirm options 'OK'

      Finally, press 'F5' to refresh the screen


Images

      All images used on this site include descriptive ALT tags, or text placed over the image when the cursor is placed there.

    

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