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The need2know site has been designed to be accessible to the widest audience possible. This page lists some of the features used to make the site easier to use. If you are experiencing problems using the site, or have any questions and comments about the site's accessibility, please .

Access keys

Keyboard shortcuts can assist users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse.

The following information lists each of the keyboard shortcut commands available to users of need2know.

Access key s
skips to page contents
Access key 1
need2know home page
Access key 6
Help
Access key 7
Accessibility (this page)
Access key 8
Legal
Access key 9
Contact us

Using Access Keys

Apple macintosh users

Macintosh users should press the Ctrl key in combination with the relevant access key.

Under Mac OS X 10, access keys are not supported by OmniWeb 4 or versions of Safari before 1.3.

Under Mac OS 9, access keys are not supported by Internet Explorer 4, Internet Explorer 4.5, Mozilla, Netscape 4 and Opera 5.

Microsoft windows users

Press the Alt key in combination with the relevant access key.

  • If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or 6 press Alt and the relevant number/letter, then press the Enter key
  • If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4, Netscape version 6 or later, or Mozilla then press Alt and the relevant number/letter at the same time
  • Unfortunately, access keys are not supported by Netscape 4 and Opera 6.

Other accessibility considerations

  • This site has been designed with accessiblity in mind. Pages comply with most priority 1 (A) and 2 (AA) guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Initiative. Where possible and relevant, attempts have also been made to comply with priority 3 (AAA) guidelines. We choose not to display badges indicating this, as we believe that accessibility is relative and that automated validation tools, such as Bobby, rarely give a complete picture of a site's accessibility in practice.
  • In designing this site, we have used what is commonly referred to as web standards. Pages are intended to validate as XHTML 1.0 strict and use CSS to control visual layout. Content remains accessible even if your browser does not support CSS.
  • All pages use well-structured, semantically correct markup. For example, <h1> tags are used for main headings and then <h2>, <h3>, <h4> used for subtitles.
  • This site uses relative font sizes only, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
  • The site has been designed to work in all modern web browsers and has been fully tested using,

Summary

We have made every attempt to make this site available to the widest range of people possible and so hope you enjoy visit. We would love to know what you think - feel free to .

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