Government Web Standards
Accessibility of this site
This page provides advice on ways to make this wiki easier to access.
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Changing text size
You can customise the font size to suit your personal preference. Most web browsers provide this option under the View menu. Below is a screenshot of Internet Explorer's 'text size' options.
Users of recent versions of Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox offer an 'Increase text size' or 'Text zoom' option under the View menu. Alternatively, you can hold down the Ctrl key and hit + or – to progressively increase or decrease text size. Opera users will find a 'Zoom' option under the View menu. Safari users can select the Advanced menu, check the box labeled ‘never use fonts smaller than the selected size’, and select a size from the pop-up menu.
If you require more details about customising text size, refer the Help menu on your browser toolbar.
Navigating by keyboard
Users of screen readers or other assistive technologies can use the ‘[‘ access key to skip the navigation blocks and jump directly to the start of the content of any page.
Listed below are the short-cut keys for accessing information on this website. Other short-cut keys are standard, but vary from browser to browser.
When you have accessed your chosen content area you can then use the TAB key to move from link to link.
Short-cut keys
Windows: use alt+[number]+Enter to use with IE5x. For Netscape 6x just use Alt+[number].
Macintosh: same as above but use Ctrl instead of Alt.
| Key | Function |
|---|---|
| 0 | Help with accessibility (this page) |
| 1 | Home |
| 3 | Search |
| 4 | Index of all Standards |
| 5 | Check your site |
| 6 | Recent discussion |
| 7 | Getting started |
| 8 | Wiki language |
| 9 | Contact Us |
| / | newzealand.govt.nz |
| [ | Beginning of main content of each page |
Tab order
You can use the Tab key to move through page links. The following tab order is consistent on every page.
Tabbing order starts with the link to the page content, followed by the link back to the home page (via the logo on the top left of the page), then moves through the utility links on the top right of the page ('Accessibility', 'My profile' etc) and then into the search box.
Continuing to tab will take you down the main navigation links on the left of the page.
Further tabbing will take you through the content of the page, starting with the tabs at the top and moving down through the links any the page content.
And finally, tabbing past the end of the page content will take you through the links at the foot of the page.
Note: You can also use the Shift+Tab keys to tab backwards starting from the bottom of the page.
Fluid page layout
The 'fluid' page layout used on this website allows the pages to 'stretch' to fill the maximum space available. This means no matter what your browser window size or screen resolution, the website adapts itself to the space available. This avoids horizontal scrolling at small resolutions, and should make the site easier to browse with screen magnifying software.
Style sheets
This website makes use of style sheets to control page layout, making the content of the pages more readily accessible to users of assistive technologies such as screen readers. Not all browsers support style sheets, but the site is still usable in the absence of style sheets.
Content
The content on this website is properly structured for semantic correctness. Page headings conform to a hierarchy of heading levels 1 through 4. This allows users of JAWS and other screen readers to obtain a list of headings on the page to assist their comprehension of the document, or to jump to the next heading.
Where forms are used on the site, labels have been explicitly associated with the form field or control that they describe. This assists users of some speech software.
General
This wiki is intended to be accessible for a wide range of users, including people with disabilities. The site is designed to meet the HTML 4.01 specification, and to meet the as much as is practical of the highest level recommendations (Level 3) of the Web Accessibility Initiative. These initiatives assist users of assistive or alternative technologies to access and use the site with minimum difficulty. More information can be found at www.w3.org.
If you experience any difficulty in accessing this site, please contact us.
