Access Keys
A series of keyboard shortcuts let you navigate around this site using your keyboard.
| Alt + S | Skip navigation (jump to main content) |
|---|---|
| Alt + 1 | Home page |
| Alt + 2 | About us |
| Alt + 3 | Legal services section |
| Alt + 4 | Property services section |
| Alt + 5 | Financial services section |
| Alt + 8 | Enquiry form |
| Alt + 9 | Contact details |
| Alt + 0 | Website accessibility (this page) |
Depending on your browser use one of the following:
- With Windows-based systems, press the "Alt" key and the relevant access key:
- In Internet Explorer 4; press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time
- In Internet Explorer 5 or 6; press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter, then press the "Enter" key
- In Netscape 6 or later, or Mozilla; press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time
- With Macintosh-based systems, press the "Ctrl" key
and the relevant access key.
Accessibility Features
We have also introduced the following features to ensure the best use of our site by all of our users.
Navigation
A hidden menu at the beginning of each page allows screen reader users to skip navigation and jump to the main content.
A hidden link also provides easy access to our website accessibility information.
Headings and navigation
HTML heading tags are used to convey document structure. H1 tags for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles, etc.
All navigation menus are HTML lists. This ensures that they can be skipped easily.
Images
All images include an alt tag. Where an image is purely decorative the alt tag is set to null to allow easy reading of the site by all users.
Colours
To ensure that our site is clear and easy to read. We have chosen font and background colours which contrast significantly.
If you wish to override the site's colours, you can change your browser settings to suit your own requirements.
Font size
Most of the font sizes can be adjusted via your browser settings. Depending on your browser, you can make the text larger or smaller in the following way;
- In Internet Explorer; select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred size.
- In Netscape; select View, then Text Zoom, and then your preferred percentage size.
Stylesheets
Cascading style sheets are used for all visual layout. If your browser does not support stylesheets, the content of each page will still be readable and clearly structured.
You can apply your own stylesheet by;
- Internet Explorer;
- select Tools, then Internet Options, then Accessibility,
- next click on any or all 3 checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes,
- in the same window you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says, 'format document using my style sheet' then browse to your style sheet and click OK.
- In Netscape;
- select Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance,
- you will be given the choice to specify your own colours and fonts.
Tables
Most data tables have header cells, to allow screen readers to understand them. Table summaries and captions are also used where appropriate.
Tables used for layout use none of the above attributes to ensure that they are not confused with data tables.
Forms
To ensure easy navigation, all forms fields follow a logical tab sequence. They also have ‘label’ and ‘id’ attributes to make the process of filling them in as easy as possible.
Links
All text links have been written clearly to identify where they go. Links which open in a new window are shown with a double underline on mouseover and have a title attribute of [new window] for the benefit of our visually impaired users.
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Where appropriate, abbreviations and acronyms have been given a full textual explanation.