Assistance for the Visually Impaired
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Accessibility Information
We hope that you're not having any problems using this website. However, if you do have any difficulty viewing the site, there are some things you can do to make it easier. These include changing the settings of your browser to better suit your needs and using specially provided keyboard shortcuts in case you have difficulty using a mouse.
If you are having difficulties viewing our pages, most browsers allow users to change the settings in order to alter the way pages are displayed, which may improve readability.
Most browsers allow you to:
To change your settings, please click on one of the following browser types for a step by step guide:
How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on LLN?
How do I change the colours of the text and background on LLN?
How do I change the font style on LLN?
How do I change the font size on LLN?
How do I stop images downloading?
How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on LLN?
From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab.
You will see the following options:
Tick the options that are appropriate to you.
Click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box
How do I change the colours of the text and background on LLN?
From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Click on the 'Colours' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab
Untick the 'Use windows colours' option
Select your own text and background colours (black text on a yellow background provides the most contrast)
To change the colours of visited and unvisited links, click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
Click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box
How do I change the font style on LLN?
From the browser menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Click on the 'Accessibility' option, which can be found under the 'General' tab
Tick the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' option
Click 'OK'
Back at the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'
From this screen you can change the way your pages display 'web page font' and 'plain text font.' Once you have chosen your required settings, click 'OK'
Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet Options' box
How do I change the font size on LLN?
Go to 'View' and select 'Text Size' and select the appropriate size text, e.g. 'largest'
Adjust as appropriate
How do I stop images downloading?
This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
From the main menu, go to the 'Tools' menu and select 'Internet Options'
Go to the 'Advanced' tab
Scroll down the settings until you reach 'Multimedia'
Untick the 'Show pictures' option
Click 'OK' to close the 'Internet Options' box
How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Appearance' then 'Colors'
Under the heading 'When a web page provides its own colors and background' check the option next to 'Use my chosen colors, ignoring the colors and background image specified'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I change the colours of the text and background on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Appearance' then 'Colors'
Under the heading 'Text and Background' select your own text and background colours (black text on a yellow background provides the most contrast)
To change the colours of visited and unvisited links, click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I change the font style on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Appearance' then 'Fonts'
Change the font type to your required settings
To use these fonts when you visit all websites in future, untick the option next to 'Allow documents to use other fonts'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I change the font size on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'View' menu and select 'Text Zoom'
Select the appropriate size text, e.g. 'Larger' Netscape also allows you to choose the size of the text as a percentage of the original, e.g. 150%
How do I stop images downloading?
This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
From the main menu, go to the 'Edit' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Privacy & Security' then 'Images'
Under the heading 'Image Acceptance Policy' check the option next to 'Do not load any images'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I ignore the font / colour settings specified on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Page style'
Under the 'Author mode' option, untick the boxes next to 'Page style sheet' and 'Page fonts and colors'
Click 'OK to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I change the colours of the text and background on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Fonts and colors'
Highlight the font type you would like to change, e.g. 'Normal' or 'Heading 1'
Click the 'Choose' button to the right. This will bring up a 'Font' box where you can change the font, font style and font size. Choose the settings that are suitable for you
Click 'OK' to close the 'Font' box
Back at the 'Fonts and colors' options, click on the box to the right of Background color' and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
To change colours of visited and not visited links, at 'Link style' click on the 'My link style' box to the right
The 'Links style' box will appear. Click on the colours and select your preferred colour from the palette that appears
Click 'OK' to close the 'Link style' box
Select 'Page style'
Under the 'Author mode' option, untick the boxes next to 'Page style sheet' and 'Page fonts and colors'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I change the font style on LLN?
From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Fonts and colors'
Highlight the font type you would like to change, e.g. 'Normal' or 'Heading 1'
Click the 'Choose' button to the right. This will bring up a 'Font' box where you can change the font, font style and size of the font. Choose the settings that are suitable for you
Click 'OK' to close the 'Font' box
To use these fonts when you visit all websites in future select 'Page style' (under 'Fonts and colors'
Under the 'Author mode' option, untick the boxes next to 'Page style sheet' and 'Page fonts and colors.' Tick the box next to 'My fonts and colors'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box
How do I change the font size on LLN?
You can choose to Zoom the contents of a page (text and images) from 20% - 1000%
From the main menu, go to 'View' and select 'Zoom'
Select the magnification of the page that is most suitable for you
How do I stop images downloading?
This allows you to only view text and the page will load much faster
From the main menu, go to the 'File' menu and select 'Preferences'
Select 'Multimedia'
Next to Images you will see a drop down menu. Click on the arrow to expand the menu and select 'Show no images'
Click 'OK' to close the 'Preferences' box