Help and information about how to use and personalise this website to suit your individual needs.
At the top of every page you will have the ability to select one of three viewing options. These change how the website looks and are a good place for you to start customising your experience. The options are as follows.
You can change the size of almost all of the text on the website to suit your individual preference within any of the viewing options.
In Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Netscape Navigator browsers, you can change the setting by going to `view / text size` from the top menu bar.
The website has been developed to work well and be personalisable within a number of web browsers including Internet Explorer, FireFox and Opera. For details on personalisation within specific browsers go to the 'More accessibility help' section below.
The websites main pages can be navigated with the following keys.
note: Access Keys will work on most browsers, although Internet Explorer requires you to have used the `TAB` key to be able to use Access Keys.
You can use the 'TAB' key to jump from link to link on any page of the website. Thanks to the websites 'semantic markup' (well structured HTML) screen reader users can also use their keyboard to jump between heading titles, around form elements, and generally scan around the content with greater ease.
Users can skip past the top level information and jump straight to the Navigation section or the Main Content by selecting one of the 'skip' links at the very top of all pages.
Assistive technologies include Screen Readers, Braille Displays and Head Wands and are used by people who have trouble using a keyboard or mouse. This website is optimised to be highly usable with these Assistive Technologies.
Mobile phones, Personal digital assistants, Handheld game console and Ultra-Mobile PCs are a few examples of Mobile Devices.
Accessible websites generally work well on mobile devices as in many cases a strict adherance to standards valid code is required.
The BBCs My Web, My Way website is a great resource of information and tips to help you to customise your web experience even further. Its sections include a host of topics including.
All the help is operating system and browser specific and very easy to follow, so I really do recommend you visit the website.
Click here to visit the home page of the BBC my web, my way website