Access Keys
Some web browsers offer an alternative way to the mouse in following navigation links by using keyboard access keys. To use an access key, hold down the ALT key and press the appropriate letter. Then press RETURN to go to the desired page.

The following access keys, are available throughout the Careers Wales website:

C Main content
N Main navigation
1 Home
2 Up to Age 16
3 Age 16 - 19
4 Age 19+
5 Professionals
6 Employers
A Accessibility Features
S Sitemap
D Contact Us
F About Us
G Terms & Conditions
H Privacy
J Partners
K Welsh Version
X Support
Z Feedback

Screen Readers
Software programs that provide support for a wide range of abilities ranging from physically handicapped to severe dyslexic and totally blind people. Careers Wales Online will work with a wide variety of the most popular screen reader. If you find this is not the case please contact us. To find out more about screen reader software please follow these links
www.freedomscientific.com
www.gwmicro.com

Changing Appearance of the Screen
To alter the accessibility features of this web site you can change settings in your Web browser to suit your preferences and circumstances.

Any of these suggested changes will not affect images on the screen and are not irreversible.

The Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser
To apply permanently the font and colour changes below:
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
Using a sans serif font (such as Arial), rather than a serif font (such as Times New Roman) can make text easier to read.
1. on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the General tab, click Fonts
3. select the font you would like to use.

Displaying Text Larger or Smaller
1. on the View menu, click Text Size
2. select the text size you would like.

or:

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
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: 1. on the View or Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the General tab, click Colors
3. click on the tick box labelled Use Windows Colors
4. click Text, and select the colour you want. Click OK.
5. 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.
5. refresh the page
To Change the Size of the Window:

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.

The Netscape Navigator 4.x Browser

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

Changing the Font
- click on Appearance
- 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
- click on Appearance
- click Colours
- select Text, and choose the colour you would like to use
- click OK
- select Background, and choose a colour
- click OK
- click OK to close Preferences
(To use these settings in future, click on Always use my colours, overriding document as described above under the Microsfot Internet Explore Browser heading.)

To Close Images on Web Pages:
- click on Edit
- click Preferences
- select Advanced
- remove the tick from the box marked Automatically load images
- click OK
If you have any problems changing these settings, 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.

Navigation
Each page on Careers Wales Online has a navigation bar at the top of each page to allow you to move from section to section

Each page also has a crumb trail below the main navigation that shows the route taken. For example, if you were to go to the 'Further Education' section in 'Age 16 - 19' the crumb trail would read:
16 - 19 | Further Education
As well as helping you see where you are, the crumb trail can also be used to navigate back to where you came from.

Accessibility Standards
The content developed for Careers Wales for the world wide web should permit access to the widest possible audience.

This web site is built using code compliant with W3C standards for XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets. The site displays correctly with current browsers, and using standard XHTML code means that any future browsers will also display this web site correctly.