Accessibility

Using the site without a mouse

The site can be used without a mouse. There are shortcut keys that will take you to commonly used pages such as the home page and the search page.

To use these shortcut keys hold down the ALT key (PC) or CONTROL key (Apple Macintosh) and then one of the keys in the table below. In some browsers you may have to press ENTER to confirm your choice. In the Opera 7 browser press SHIFT-ESC, release those keys, and then press your chosen access key.

Key

Function

0

A reference list of accessibility keys (this page)

1

Home page

2

Sitemap

3

Go to the search box at the top of your current page

9

Contact us

[

Bypass the navigation and go to the main content of your current page

/

http://www.govt.nz/

Use of text on this site

We have provided text alternatives to graphics on the site.

Those with poor sight may be able to increase the size of the text on screen.

Browser

Instructions

Internet Explorer

Select the 'View' menu, then 'Text Size', and then your chosen size (or if you have a mouse wheel simply hold down CTRL and roll the mouse wheel to alter the text size.

Netscape 6, Mozilla

Hold down CTRL and press + or - to alter the text size.

Netscape 4

Hold down CTRL and press [ or ] to alter the text size.

Netscape 3

Select 'Options', then 'General Preferences', then 'Fonts', and then 'Choose Font...' to choose a text size.

Use of pdf's on this site

PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Most of our publications are produced in Adobe PDF, in order to retain their original layout.

You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Software in order to view these documents. This Software is available FREE to download from Adobe's site [external link]. This software will allow you to view, search, navigate, and print PDF files no matter what your computing platform.

Due to the size of some of these documents, it is recommended that you save the PDF files directly to your hard disk, rather than viewing them through your browser/plug-in viewer. "Right-Click" on the hypertext link to the document and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As", to save the files directly to your local disk. You can then open them directly with your Acrobat Reader.

If you are unable to access these pdf files please contact us to obtain a copy in a format suitable to you. Make sure you include all the details of the relevant document.

For more information on pdf files see Adobe's site [external link]

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