Access keys

A Set of stan­dard access keys have been used to allow those who can not use a mouse, or just pre­fer to use the key­board to nav­i­gate between main sec­tions of the site, and through doc­u­ments, by using the keyboard.

To use these keys hold the Alt key and the desired page key at the same time. In most browsers (Inter­net Explorer, Mozilla Fire­fox) you may then need to press the enter key.

Site Nav­i­ga­tion Keys

These keys work site-wide

S — Will skip the nav­i­ga­tion bar. For blind users this means not hav­ing to hear the same nav­i­ga­tion options read by screen read­ers.
1 — Takes you back to the Home Page of the site.
2 — Takes you to the About Us page.
3 — Takes you to the News­room page.
4 — Takes you to the Travel Info page.
5 — Takes you to the Road Projects page.
6 — Takes you to the Doing Busi­ness with Us page.
7 — Takes you to the Knowl­edge Cen­tre page.
8 — Takes you to the Careers with Us page.
0 — Will always bring you back here.

Browser Issues

It is worth not­ing that some browsers do not sup­port acces­si­bil­ity keys.

Users who oper­ate the Opera web browser should note that acces­si­bil­ity keys are sup­ported by the Opera browser, but with a dif­fer­ent key sequence. Please con­sult details here on using access keys with the Opera web browser.

Browser Text & Colours

You can spec­ify the font sizes, styles, fore­ground and back­ground colours of web pages dis­played on your com­puter screen, even if the author of the web page has already spec­i­fied these. You can also spec­ify the colour used to indi­cate links in Web pages, or a spe­cial colour for links that are used only when the mouse passes over the link. This is use­ful if you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colours.

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 marked ‘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)
Select ‘View’ from the menu at the top of your win­dow
From the options which appear, select ‘Text size’
Select your desired text size

Microsoft Inter­net Explorer for Apple Mac

Open your Inter­net Explorer Web Browser
Select the ‘edit’ menu at the top of your win­dow
From the options menu which appear, select ‘pref­er­ences’
Click on ‘web con­tent’
Des­e­lect the but­ton marked ‘show style sheets’
Return to the list of pref­er­ences
Click on ‘web browser’
Select ‘language/fonts’
Select the font size you require