Printing
The pages on this site have been designed to print with a
simplified layout. They will automatically fit on the printed page.
If the printed text is too small to read, increase the text size on
your browser and reprint.
Mobile devices
The site has been designed to appear in a simplified layout in
hand-held devices such as PDAs and mobile phones. Some devices may
not be able to process our online forms.
Downloads
A large number of documents are available to download from this
site in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF). The size of downloadable files
is indicated in brackets after the link to give you an idea of
download times.
Indicative download times*
|
Connection speed |
Average download time for 1 Megabyte
file |
| Dial up (57 Kb/s) |
3m 02 sec |
| ISDN (128 Kb/s) |
1m 21 sec |
| DSL (512 Kb/s) |
20 sec |
| BROADBAND (2Mb/s) |
5 sec |
*Above provides indicative download times for different modem
speeds based on the download of a 1MB file. It should be noted that
this is provided as a rule of thumb guide as download speeds are
impacted by other factors.
For more information on bytes and what they mean visit the
What's a Byte
website.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these files. Please
make sure you have downloaded the latest version as this may
influence your ability to view the file properly. If you do not
already have this free software, you can
download it free from the Adobe website.
Flash
To access the Flash presentations you will need Flash Player.
Click
here to download Flash Player from the Adobe website .
Video
Downloadable videos are encoded using the Windows Media Player
codec. Both Mac and PC users can
download Windows Media Player for free from the
Microsoft website.
Sound files
Keyboard shortcuts for embedded MP3 player
| space |
Play/Pause |
| P |
Play/Pause |
| S |
Stop |
| I |
Show information |
| left |
5 seconds backward |
| right |
5 seconds forward |
| + |
Volume up |
| - |
Volume down |
Large picture files
Some JPEG and GIF files, particularly those of maps, are
initially displayed in certain browsers smaller than their original
size.
To view the full sized picture, hover your mouse pointer over
the picture until the resize cursor appears (a magnifying glass).
With older versions of Internet Explorer a resize button will
appear on the bottom right corner.
Acrobat help
Most Adobe Acrobat documents on this site have been set up to
byteserve. This process downloads the Acrobat file page by page and
displays it in the window of your browser. It allows you to see the
start of a document while the rest downloads in the background.
For the vast majority of users this will happen. However, there
are circumstances in which this may not occur, for example a white
page may be displayed and download be indicated, but the document
does not appear.
Help available from the
Adobe website, including a
free HTML conversion process. Enter the URL
to the PDF document and the PDF document will instantly be
converted to an HTML document viewable through your browser.
This tends to work best for fairly simple documents.
Alternatively, if you wish to download the disk for later
viewing with Acrobat reader, right click on the link for the file
you want and select the option to save the file to disk.
Accessibility information
In line with National Government expectation and our own desire,
we aim for this website to be AA compliant wherever possible.
So far, we have:
- Conducted a thorough review of the site for XHTML and AA
compliance.
- Used AccessKeys.
- Not used frames, which can confuse speech synthesizers.
- Used 'alt-tags' which describe the content of images.
- Made our hyperlinks meaningful, ie not used 'click here' on its
own.
- Speech enabled our website for those who have difficulties
reading web pages. Click on the Browsealoud logo to download the
free software.
- Provided links to the Adobe access pages for PDFs.
If you experience problems with any part of the site, we would
welcome your comments by email. You may be not be aware that if you are
using a Windows based PC, there are settings that can be adjusted
to assist with your use of the site. These can be found in the
Control Panel under the accessibility options.
For information about accessing pdf files if you have a
disability,
visit the Adobe access pages