We care about how our websites are accessible to all and make every effort to ensure our sites are compatible with assistive technologies. However, you may not be aware of the various tools that are available to you that are free and readily available that can enhance your online experience. We’d like to tell you a bit about them…
Web Browsers
Web browsers are our main tool to view online content. The most widely used browser in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). Here’s a few tips on changine various settings within IE.
How to change font sizes
- IE6 – from the View menu, select the “Text Size” option.
- IE7 – from the Page menu, select the “Text Size” option.
Change the way text and fonts are displayed in IE
- From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options
- Select the Accessibility… button (bottom right)
- By checking the desired checkboxes, you can force the browser to ignore the colours, font styles and font sizes
As well as changing settings in your browser, there are various things built into our computer that can greatly enhance or user experience online. To explore the different way in which we can do this, check out the BBC’s website here.