Accessibility
We are committed to continuously improving article13.com to make it more accessible to the widest possible audience. Access to information is a human right which we advocate in all our business operations. This is of increased significance in 2008 as we mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
We are making ongoing changes to the design, navigation and editorial features of article13.com in line with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 and the World Wide Web Consortiums' (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). In addition, below you will find instructions on how to modify your own web browser to change the way our pages are displayed. The instructions given are for Internet Explorer. For other browsers, please refer to their help or information sections.
Changing Settings on Internet Explorer
- To permanently apply font and colour changes
- To enlarge text
- To change text and background colour
- To prevent graphics and images appearing
- To change the size of the window
- To change the colour of links displayed on a screen
- Other options
- Images
- Printer friendly versions
- Useful Adobe downloads
We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please send us your feedback on our site accessibility.
1. To permanently apply font and colour changes
On the browser View OR Tools menu select 'Internet Options'*
On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
Click on the three Formatting boxes to show ticks
Click on 'OK'
(*Note: users of Mozilla Firefox can access these options from their Control Panel.)
2. To enlarge text
On the browser View OR Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
Tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
Click on 'OK'
On the browser menu select 'View'
Click Text size'
Choose the size of text
3. To change the colour of links displayed on a screen.
On the browser View OR Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
Click on 'Select ignore colours specified on Web pages' (should contain a tick)
Click 'OK'
4. To change text and background colour
On the browser View OR Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the General tab, select 'Colours'
Deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour
Click on 'OK
'Select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour
Click on 'OK'
5. To prevent graphics and images appearing
On the browser View OR Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
Deselect the graphics options 'play animations', 'play sounds', 'show pictures' and 'smart image dithering' by clicking on the boxes to remove the ticks
Click on 'Apply' then 'OK'
6. To change the size of the window
On the browser View OR Tools menu select 'Full screen' or press F11
7. Other options
Other options such as removing animation are available:
On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the Advanced tab choose any of the options available to improve the visibility of the web pages.
8. Images
We have used images through article13.com to add interest and provide variety. Each image is accompanied by an Alternative Text or "ALT" tag which provides a description of an image or a function. ALT tags are accessed by placing your mouse over the image.*
(*Note: ALT tags cannot be seen by users of Mozilla Firefox.)
9. Printer friendly versions
In popular sections of article13.com we have provided printer friendly options.
10. Useful Adobe downloads
A pdf reader is needed to view pdf files. A free Adobe Acrobat reader may be obtained from the Adobe website.
For help to convert pdf files into text for improved accessibility, visit Adobe online conversion tools.
We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please send us your feedback on our site accessibility.
Last updated 5 June 2008