Accessibility
The Canal Voyagers website has been produced to accessibility guidelines
promoted by the World Wide Web
Consortium.
Browsers and Platforms
The site has been tested and is found to display properly on the following:
- Internet Explorer 5, 5.5 and 6 on Windows and Internet Explorer 5+ on Mac
- Firefox 1.5+ on Windows
- Google Chrome 8 on Windows
Screen Resolution
This website has been developed to be viewed at a screen resolution of 800 x
600 pixels and above.
Font Sizes
The website uses relative font sizes which can be resized in your web browser.
How to change font size by using your browser settings.
- In Internet Explorer, you do this by clicking on the 'View' menu in the browser tool bar, select 'Text Size', then you can choose either: 'Large'; 'Larger'; 'Medium'; 'Smaller'; 'Smallest'.
- In Netscape Navigator, go to the 'View' menu in the browser tool bar, select 'Increase Font' or 'Decrease Font' until the text is set to the size you prefer.
Navigation
As well as navigating through the website with a mouse, you can also
navigate by using the tab key on your keyboard.
Downloadable Text Files
Downloadable text files will open in a new browser window.
Downloadable text files are available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view PDF files, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, and links will be provided so you can download the software for free from Adobe's website.
Listening to PDFs - Read Out Loud
The latest versions of Adobe Reader,,
come with the ability to 'read' the PDF content to you. This function is known
as 'Read Out Loud' and can be accessed as follows:
Open the PDF you want read to you in Adobe Reader, go to the 'View' menu and select 'Read Out Loud', you will then have the option to 'Read This Page Only' or 'Read To End Of Document'.
You can download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html
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