Accessibility

Links

• Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
• Links are written to make sense out of context.

Images

1. All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual design

1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
2. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Setting up your browser

All our suggestions to improve the accessibility of web pages will apply to every site you visit. Please note that they won't affect images on the screen.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

To apply permanently, font and colour changes:

1. On the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. On the General tab, select Accessibility
3. Click the three boxes to show ticks.

Changing the font

1. Using a sans serif font (such as Arial), rather than a serif font (such as Times New Roman) can make text easier to read.
2. On the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
3. On the General tab, click Fonts
4. In the Proportional and Fixed-width font lists, select the fonts you would like to use.

Displaying text larger or smaller

1. On the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. On the General tab, click Fonts
3. Select the font size you would like.

Changing text and background colour

1. Website authors and designers often specify particular fonts, typefaces and background colours for their pages, and the combinations can sometimes make the text difficult to read. You can override these settings by choosing your own preferred, clearer colour scheme - black text on a yellow background gives the most contrast:
2. On the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
3. On the General tab, click Colors
4. Click on the tick box labelled Use Windows Colors
5. Click Text, and select the colour you want. Click OK.
6. Click Background, and select the colour you want to use. Click OK.

To close images on web pages:

1. On the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. On the Advanced tab, scroll down to Multimedia
3. Click on Show pictures to remove the tick
4. Click on Apply, and then click on OK.

To change the size of the window:

1. Click Full Screen on the toolbar.

There are more options to make websites easier to read, such as removing animation and expanding text. To look at the other options:

1. On the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. Select the Advanced tab
3. Choose the options you would like.

Netscape Navigator

To change the settings on your browser go to the Edit menu, and click on Preferences. From here you can make the following changes:

1. Changing the font
2. Click on Appearance
3. Click Font

Change the Variable Width Font and the Fixed Width Font to the type you prefer.
(To use these fonts when you visit all websites in future, click on Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts.)

Changing the colour of the text and the background

1. Click on Appearance
2. Click Colours
3. Select Text, and choose the colour you would like to use
4. Click OK
5. Select Background, and choose a colour
6. Click OK
7. Click OK to close Preferences

(To use these settings in future, click on Always use my colours, overriding document.)

To close images on web pages:

1. Click on Edit
2. Click Preferences
3. Select Advanced
4. Remove the tick from the box marked Automatically load images
5. Click OK

If you have any problems changing these settings, please click the Help menu on the browser toolbar. Also, if your browser has different options to the above, look at the Help menu for specific instructions.

Service for customers with hearing impairments (Audio on site?)

The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) can provide registered signers free of charge to assist you. The RNID normally needs two weeks' notice to arrange this.

Typetalk is a national telephone relay service offered by British Telecom and RNID, but you do need a textphone with a screen to be able to use it. You access the service via a BT operator who will convert your speech into text (and vice versa), to allow conversation to take place.

Getting the most from our website

We hope that you're not having any difficulty using this part of the website - we’ve used a bigger typesize and more contrasting colours than usual, to make it easier to read. However, if you have difficulty viewing the rest of our website, there are things you can do.

You can change some of the options in your Internet browser (at the top of this window), and using the latest version of Netscape or Internet Explorer you will be able to:

1. alter the size and colour of most text (but not images)
2. alter the background colour (black text on a yellow background gives the most contrast)
3. alter the line length, by changing the size and shape of your browser window
4. override the colour schemes of this website and others with your preferred settings

If you have a concern you can write to us or call us by phone:

MILLENNIUM PLC
Windhill Manor
Leeds Road
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 1BP
Tel: 01274 53 88 88

Useful links

We hope you have found these pages useful. If you would like to know more about accessibility issues on the Internet, you may be interested in the following websites.

http://www.rnib.org.uk/
(The Royal National Institute for the Blind)

http://www.w3.org/WAI
(Promoting web usability for people with disabilities.)

http://www.ability.net/
(Impartial advice about access technology for people with disabilities.)

http://www.bcab.org.uk/
(British Computer Association of the Blind.)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie
(BBC web pages specially constructed to improve clarity for visually impaired users. The website also includes other useful links.)