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Adobe Acrobat PDF Files

Several pages on this site include forms or other documents that can be downloaded as Adobe Acrobat PDF documents. In order to read these you will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.

Access Adobe

The 'Access Adobe' site is a jumping-off point for information on the features and capabilities of Adobe products that enhance electronic document accessibility for people with disabilities such as blindness, low vision, and motor impairments.

Reading PDFs Out Loud

The Adobe Acrobat Read Out Loud Menu - Click for Larger Image

Adobe Acrobat Documents (PDFs) can be read out loud by your computer if you have version 6.0 or above of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. To read a document out loud select 'View' from the menu followed by 'Read Out Loud'. The 'Read Out Loud' menu has the following four options which can also be accessed via shortcut keys:

Menu Option Keyboard Shortcut

Read this page only Shift+Control+V

Read to end of document Shift+Control+B

Pause Shift+Control+C

Stop Shift+Control+E

Microsoft Word Files

Some pages on this site include forms or other documents that can be downloaded as Microsoft Word 2000 documents. If you do not have a program that can read these documents you can download the free Microsoft Word Viewer program.

Microsoft Excel Files

Some pages on this site include forms or other documents that can be downloaded as Microsoft Excel 2000 documents. If you do not have a program that can read these documents you can download the free Microsoft Excel Viewer program.

Layout and Styling

The content of this site is viewable in all browsers, but the layout and styling are only visible in one that supports web standards such as HTML 4 and Cascading Stylesheets. This is because we are attempting to make our site more accessible to disabled users by designing it to conform to these standards. Browsers which support such standards can be downloaded from:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or later. Internet Explorer for Windows
Browsers based on Mozilla. These include 'Firefox' for Windows or Linux, 'Camino' for Mac OS X and Galeon for Linux GNOME Desktop.
Opera version 5 or later for Windows or Linux
Netscape version 6 or later for all types of computer.
Safari for Apple Mac OS X.

Konqueror for Linux KDE Desktop.

Making this site easier to read

You can switch this site to a 'text only' version by clicking on the 'Text Only' link near to the top of each page.

To change the size of the text, click on View at the top of your browser. A dropdown menu will appear. From this, select Text Size and then Larger or Largest to make the text bigger

You may also find it helpful to change the colour scheme, for example, to yellow text on a black background. To change the colour scheme follow these steps:

Click Tools at the top of your browser. A dropdown menu will appear.

Select Internet Options... from the menu. Another box will appear.
Click on the button marked Accessibility... which is in the bottom right of the box. A new box will appear.
Click in the square next to Ignore colors specified on Web pages so that it has a tick mark. Click on OK.
In the Internet Options box (this should still be open; if not, open it again from the Tools menu) click the Colors... button'. Another box will open.
Click the box marked Use Windows colors to remove the tick mark.
Now click the rectangle to the right of Text and choose a text colour (e.g. yellow).
Then click the rectangle to the right of Background and choose a background colour (e.g. black).
Click OK to confirm your changes, and OK to close the Internet Options box.

This should change most pages on the site to have large text that is yellow on a black background.

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