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Accessibilty

We have tried to make this website more accessible for those with sight or hearing problems.

Access Keys

Other than tabbing, accesskeys can help navigation without a mouse. This site complies with the UK Government Access Keys Standard

• S Skip Navigation
• 0 Accessibility Options
• 1 Home Page
• 2 Quarterly News (only accessible from the home page)
• 3 Site Map
• 9 Feedback/Enquiry Form

These keys do not interfere with browser defined accesskeys that work in the top menu of browsers (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera). They tend to be the following “F,E,V,A,T,H,G,B,W,N,M”. Nor do they interfere with our own set keys for the main pages on this website which are underlined on the navigation keys. For instance you will see the About Us page has the u underlined. In more detail the keys are as follows:-

• O Home [1 also works as mentioned above]
• U About us
• I Services
• C Contact/Find Us
• Q Enquiry/Feedback Form
• P Client's opinions
• Y Great Yarmouth Office
• L Gorleston Office
• R Martham Office
• K Links/Disclaimer
• J Legal Articles
• D Free Advice/Home Visit

In internet explorer press alt followed by the relevant key. Let go of all keys and press enter. On a mac substitute ctrl for alt. For netscape 7+ or mozilla you do not need to press enter. In other browsers access keys may not work.

Changing Font Size for better visibility of this site

• At the bottom of the left hand side navigation bar there are three images of the letter A increasing in size. Using these you can alter the text size. Otherwise:-
• Internet Explorer-Select View from the browser menu, then select Text Size.
• Firefox-Select View from the browser menu, then select Text Size.

Printing

When printing, the layout should adjust to become printer friendly. You should be able to access print preview from your browser to ensure the layout is acceptable before printing.

Further Accessibility Features

• Locating Your whereabouts-the main header of all pages shows your location and starts with the words "you are here". This is presented first on the main content of each page.
• Skip to Content-As mentioned above this link and access key will take you to the main content of each page
• Sitemap-This page shows you all the pages on this website for easier access
• Text Browsers-If you are using a browser that does not support images or image display is disabled, all images have a text alternative
• Layout-The layout attempts to be consistent to prevent confusion

Standards

All of these pages have been validated as following a website code mark-up standard, namely HTML 4.01 Strict and valid css strict. This is technical mumbo jumbo but essentially means that the pages have been coded in such a fashion that they are more likely to be accessible to a number of users and will be rendered more successfully in different browsers. We hope that has been acheived here.

All of these pages have been approved as following the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 via the webxact validation website, priority levels one to three. A triple a logo can be exhibited with such compliance. However, although webxact is a good starting point, manual checks are necessary as the software can verify compliance when that is not the position and cannot assess all of the guidelines.

For these reasons a double a logo only is displayed and we feel and hope that those standards have been met.

Accessibility Problems

If you have any then please feel free to let us know to see what if anything can be done to improve the website