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If you have difficulty in reading the Indigo Clothing website on your
screen, you may be able to change the settings on your browser to help you
improve their visibility.
"The power of the Web is in
its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an
essential aspect."
-- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web EASIER WEB READABILITY
Change your browser settings to:
- alter the size and colour of text (not images)
- alter background colours
- alter line length by changing the browser window size and shape
- override web page colour schemes.
How to change visibility features
The following suggestions to improve the visibility of web pages will
apply to any site that you visit. However, you may find that not all pages
within a site are compatible. The images on the screen will not be
affected. These instructions have been tested with Internet Explorer
version 6 and Netscape version 4.7
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For Microsoft
Internet Explorer
To apply the font and colour changes below permanently:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click on 'Accessibility'
click in each of the three boxes to show ticks
click 'OK' .
Text with a sans serif font (such as Arial) is easier to read than a serif
font (such as Times New Roman).
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To change the text font:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'.
in the 'Web page font' and 'Plain text font' lists, choose the fonts you
would like to use.
click 'OK'.
To enlarge the text:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click 'Accessibility'
tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
click 'OK'
on the 'Browser' menu click 'View'
click 'Text size'
choose the size of text.
Combinations of fonts, typefaces and background colours used in web page
design may result in text being difficult to read. However, you can choose
settings to suit you. For example black text on a yellow background gives
a distinct contrast.
To change the text colour and background colour:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click 'Colours'
deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour. Click 'OK'.
select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour. Click 'OK'.
To prevent graphics from appearing on web pages:
under 'Tools' , click 'Internet Options'
on the 'Advanced' tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
click on the graphics options ('animations', 'videos', 'pictures' and
'images') to remove the ticks
click on 'Apply', and then click on 'OK'.
if graphics still appear, select 'View' then 'Refresh' from the toolbar,
or press F5.
To change the size of the window:
click 'View' then 'Full Screen' from the toolbar, or press F11.
There are other options to tailor web pages that help
make them easier to read. These may be found under the 'Tools' menu:
click on 'Internet Options'
select the 'Advanced' tab
choose from the options available to improve visibility.
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For Netscape Communicator
To make any changes to your browser settings, you should
first open the 'Preferences' box by clicking on 'Edit' and selecting
'Preferences'. You may then choose to make any of the changes listed
below.
To change the text font: |
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click on 'Appearance'
click 'Font'
choose the 'Variable Width Font' and 'Fixed Width Font' you want to use
click 'OK'.
If you want to set these fonts for all future usage on your browser, click
on 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'.
To change the text and background colours:
click on 'Appearance'
click 'Colours'
select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour
click 'OK'
select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour
click 'OK'
click 'OK' to close 'Preferences'.
To set these colours as your browser default, click on 'Always use my
colours, overriding document'.
To prevent images from loading on web pages:
select 'Advanced'
click in the box marked 'Automatically load images' to remove the tick
click 'OK'.
For further assistance in changing your browser settings, there is also a
'Help' menu on your browser toolbar. Please refer to this for further
information.
Some interesting external links for web accessibility:
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