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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in this website conform to W3C recommendations.

All pages in this website have Level Triple-A Conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.

Access Keys

To aid those using a screen reader, or a talking browser or any user agents that support access keys, quick access to the main navigation links are provided via the keyboard using keys based on the the UK Government Access Keys system.
These access keys provide a quick way to navigate round the site without using a mouse.
Hold the 'Alt' key (Windows PC) or 'Ctrl' key (Apple Mac)
Select the key from the list below
Press 'Enter' if using a Windows PC (an Apple Mac takes you straight there)

H - Homepage
S - Skip Navigation
B - Back
C - Contact
P - Printer Friendly
U - User Help
1 - Small text size
2 - Medium text size
3 - Large text size

Cross browser support

Use of access keys differs according to browser:

Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER
Internet Explorer 4: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key
Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac: Hold down the Ctrl key and select the number/letter of the access key
Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac: Access keys are not supported
Mozilla: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key
Netscape 6+: Hold down the Alt key and select the number/letter of the access key
Netscape earlier versions: Access keys are not supported

Enable Javascript

Navigator 3.x

Go to 'Options | Network Preferences...' from the main menu
Change to the 'Languages' tab
To enable: make sure 'Enable JavaScript' check box is checked
To disable: make sure 'Enable JavaScript' check box is unchecked
Restart the browser

Communicator 4.x

Go to 'Edit | Preferences...' from the main menu
Select 'Advanced' panel
To enable: make sure 'Enable JavaScript' check box is checked.
To disable: make sure 'Enable JavaScript' check box is unchecked.
Restart the browser

Explorer 3.x

Go to 'View | Options...' from the main menu
Change to the 'Security' tab
To enable: make sure 'Run ActiveX scripts' check box is checked
To disable: make sure 'Run ActiveX scripts' check box is unchecked
Restart the browser

Explorer 4.x and Explorer 5+

Go to 'View | Internet Options...' from the main menu
Change to the 'Security' tab
Select 'Custom' and click on the 'Settings...' button
To enable: make sure 'Enable' is selected under 'Active scripting'
To disable: make sure 'Disable' is selected under 'Active scripting'
Restart the browser

Simply reloading the page, rather than restarting the browser, may be sufficient under some browser versions.