PDFs
Some documents on our site are saved in PDF (Portable Document Format). A PDF is a platform-independent file format created by Adobe that requires Acrobat Reader to view. The files are created for reading and printing documents; in which the format of the original electronic document is retained. In order to retain print quality, PDF’s may also be large and slow to download, especially if you are accessing the Internet through a dial-up modem. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed you may download and install the free software from Adobe here: Click here
Flash
Some of the elements (graphics, audio & video) in our site require the installation of Macromedia Flash. We recommend that users install the latest version Flash Player 7. Users can check or install the latest (free download) version here: Click here
Help
We know there's a chance you might have a problem downloading parts of the site or viewing content on the site, depending on your computer, and connection speed. So here are some helping bits and pieces to try to make it as easy as possible for you to get the most from the site. It also details how to use accessibility tools to read the content and navigate around the site.
Accessibility:
We have endeavoured to produce a site that is as accessible for as many users as possible.
Access Keys:
This site makes use of access keys to help you navigate around. By pressing the ALT (Windows PC) or CRTL (Apple Mac) key and the specified letter listed below, then press <Enter>, you can navigate to the following resources.
- C Contact Us
- G Get Involved
- W White Band
- 1 Who Are We
- 2 What Do We Want
- 3 Why 2005?
- 4 Issues
- 5 Media
- 6 Events
- 7 Schools
Controlling text and colours in your web browser:
You can specify the font sizes, styles and colours and foreground and background colours of web pages displayed on your computer screen. This is useful if you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colours. You can set Internet Explorer to use the colours and fonts you specify, your default Windows colours and fonts, or the settings you specify in your own style sheet.
If you use Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers to view the Internet, the following guidelines will enable you to enlarge the size of the text and control the colours on your screen.
Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC:
Open your Internet Explorer web browser
Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select 'Internet Options...'
Click on the 'General' tab
Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
To change your font size, select the checkbox 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on Web pages'
Click OK (and again if necessary)
To change the text size of copy on your screen:
Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select 'Text size'
Select your desired text size
Instructions for Netscape users:
Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'
Open the Appearance group and click the 'Fonts' category
Next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18
Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'. The fixed Width Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18
To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'
Click 'OK'
Colours:
Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'preferences'
Open the Appearance group and click the 'Colours' category
Select a colour button to change colours of text, background, unvisited links, or visited links. To override the colours used by the designer of the web page, select 'Always use my colours, overriding document'
Click 'OK'
If you still have questions or problems with the site, not answered or supported here, please get in contact with us, and we'll do our best to help out.