Changing How This Site Looks

Our website has been designed using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for layout and styling. This set up allows you to override the settings in your browser, to change the appearance of our fonts, backgrounds, colours, links etc.

Most settings can be amended to suit your own preferences, but we have povided some simple instructions to assist you in:

• Increasing the font size
• Changing the font
• Changing the font colour

Additional help for Internet Explorer 5 users.

Increasing Font Size

Windows

Internet Explorer 6 and 5: - View > Text Size and choose from Smallest to Largest.

Internet Explorer 4: View > Fonts and choose from Smallest to Largest.

Netscape 6: View >Text Size and choose Smaller or Larger or a percentage.

Netscape 4.7: View > Increase Font

Netscape 4.6 or 4.5: Edit > Preferences, then choose Fonts and change the setting accordingly.

Macintosh

Internet Explorer 5: Edit >Preferences > Web Browser > Language/Fonts and choose the size you want.

Internet Explorer 4.5: Edit > Preferences > Web Browser > Browser Display and choose from Smallest to Largest.

Netscape 4.75: Edit > Preferences> Appearances > Fonts and change the font size.

Changing the Font

Windows

Internet Explorer 6 or 5: Click on Tools > Internet Options > General > Fonts and choose a different font (eg Times New Roman) as the web page font. To make sure that other people's web pages display in your chosen font, you then need to click the Accessibility button and check the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' box.

Internet Explorer 4: Click on View > Internet Options > General > Fonts > Proportional Font and choose a different font (eg Times New Roman), as the web page font. To make sure that other people's web pages display in your chosen font, you then need to click the Accessibility button and check the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' box.

Netscape browsers: Click on Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts and choose Arial as the Variable Width Font, then check the 'Use my default fonts, overriding document-specified fonts' box to ensure that other people's pages will display in the font you have chosen.

Macintosh

Internet Explorer 5 or 4.5: Edit > Preferences > Web Browser > Language/Fonts and choose the font you want from the Proportional box.

Netscape 4.75: Edit > Preferences > Appearances > Fonts and change the font.

Changing the Font Colour

Windows

Internet Explorer 6 or 5: Click on Tools > Internet Options > General > Fonts and choose a different font (for example; Times New Roman), as the web page font. To make sure that other people's web pages display in your chosen font, you then need to click the Accessibility button and check the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' box.

Internet Explorer 4: Click on View > Internet Options > General > Fonts > Proportional Font and choose a different font (eg Times New Roman), as the web page font. To make sure that other people's web pages display in your chosen font, you then need to click the Accessibility button and check the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' box.

Netscape browsers: Click on Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts and choose Arial as the Variable Width Font, then check the 'Use my default fonts, overriding document-specified fonts' box to ensure that other people's pages will display in the font you have chosen.

Macintosh

Internet Explorer 5: Edit > Preferences > Web Browser > Web Content and choose the colour you want for background, text and hyperlinks.

Internet Explorer 4.5: Edit > Preferences > Web Browser > Browser Display and choose the colour you want for background, text and hyperlinks.

Netscape 4.75: Edit > Preferences > Appearances > Fonts and choose the colours you want.