Accessibility

Chase High School is committed to ensuring this website is accessible to all of our users including those with disabilities.

Text Size

Some users might find the site easier to read by increasing the size at which the text is displayed. To do this you can adjust your browser's settings by selecting 'View' from the menu, then select 'text size' or 'text zoom' or 'zoom' and increase the size of the text.

Alternatively:

On Microsoft Internet Explorer Press the following sequence of keys:

• Largest: Alt, V, X and then G
• Larger: Alt, V, X and then L
• Medium: Alt, V, X and then M
• Smaller: Alt, V, X and then S
• Smallest: Alt, V, X and then A

To increase or decrease the text size in Mozilla Firefox/Apple Safari you need to select "View" from the menu bar. The next step is to select "Zoom" and then select the option you require.

Keyboard shortcuts
(for Macintosh uses replace "Ctrl" with the Apple key):

• Increase text size = "Ctrl" + "+"
• Decrease text size = "Ctrl" + "-"
• Normal text size = "Ctrl" + "0"

Changing Website Colours

Changing the site's background colour can be particularly useful for users who rely on magnification technology as white can produce an uncomfortable glare. It is also possible to change the colour of body text on the site. Both can be achieved by changing preferences in your browser:

If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the "Tools" menu, select "Internet Options", select "Accessibility" [bottom right button], and put a tick in the box next to "Ignore colours specified on web pages", then select OK. Now go to Colours, select Colours and make changes to text and background colours in the colours panel.

External Links & PDF Files

These will be opened in a new browser window to allow you to switch between Chase High School website and the newly opened page.

Documents with the icon PDF file format are in PDF (Portable Document Format), before you can read them you will need Adobe Acrobat viewer which can be downloaded from www.adobe.com. You will find more information about accessibility when using Adobe products here.

Documents with the icon WORD file format are in Microsoft Word format, before you can read them you will need Microsoft Word (or a basic text editor that comes pre-installed on your computer - such as Notepad(PC) or Text Edit(Macintosh)).

Documents with the icon XLS file format are in Microsoft Excel format, before you can read them you will need Microsoft Excel (or you can try a open-source (free) software solution such as Sun's "Open Office").

Accessibility Software

JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.

Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.

Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.

Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.

Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.