Web Access Centre

Links to the online help pages for the toolbar.

Enabling hot keys allows the toolbar to be controlled with the keyboard. If they are disabled, the toolbar can only be controlled using the mouse.

If hot keys are shown, the number for each button will be displayed on the button itself in brackets. Hiding hot keys will mean the numbers are no longer displayed.

If button icons are shown, some buttons will use images to indicate whether they are turned on or off. If they are turned on, they will have a green arrow image on them. If they are turned off, they will have a red cross image on them. Hiding button icons will mean there are no images on any of the buttons.

Links to a page on the RNIB website offering advice on using the internet.

Links to the My Web My Way website which offers advice on making your computer and the internet more accessible. This site has been developed by the BBC and AbilityNet.

Links to the AbilityNet website that offers information on all things related to computing and accessibility.

Links to the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium's website that jointly developed the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar.

Links to information about the RNIB Surf Right Toolbar on the RNIB website.

Use this to turn support for JavaScript on or off. You may need to turn support for JavaScript off for security reasons or to stop a page updating content automatically. If support for JavaScript is turned off, certain features of some websites may no longer function.

Use this to turn support for style sheets on or off. When styles are turned off, much of the visual formatting off a webpage will disappear and the page will look much plainer. The location of some items may also change and the page will read much more from top to bottom. Turning off style sheets will give you more control over the size and colour of text on a webpage through settings made in your browser.

Please Note - leaving Styles turned off can affect the display of other windows and

Dialog boxes outside of Internet Explorer that rely upon styles.

Please remember to turn styles back on before closing Internet Explorer to avoid any odd effects.

Use this to turn images on or off. When images are turned off, they are replaced by any alternative text provided. You may wish to turn images off if you are using a screen reader or screen magnifier or if you are using a slow internet connection.

Use this to turn support for Flash movies and animations on or off. You may wish to turn Flash movies and animations off if you find them distracting whilst trying to read the text content of a page.

Please note - some sites require Flash (and ActiveX) to be turned on to work properly, for example, Google Mail.

Use this to adjust the text size on a web page. The default size is medium. Other choices available are Larger, Largest, Small and Smallest. Changing the text size will increase or decrease the size of text on all web pages viewed.

Text size is changed to very large. Text is black on a white background.

Text size is changed to very large. Text is yellow on a black background.

Text size remains the same but text colour is changed to green. The background colour is black.

Text size remains the same but text colour is changed to dark brown. The background colour is cream.

Text size remains the same but text colour is changed to light blue. The background colour is white. All images are removed completely (no alternative text is displayed).

Text size is set to large. Colours are unchanged.

Text size is set to small. Colours are unchanged.

This style overrides the text size set on the website and allows your preferred size set through the browser to be applied.

Text is set to a dark colour which will show up well against any light background colour set through the browser.

Text is set to a light colour which will show up well against any dark background colour set through the browser.

Normal Style displays web pages as they were designed to look originally.

This allows you to configure general options for Internet Explorer including setting your home page and adjusting your font and colour preferences. This screen also allows you to set your security and connection options.

This allows you to adjust some of the accessibility features of Internet Explorer including overriding the colours, fonts and font sizes that have been specified on a web page. If these are overridden, your personal choices will be applied to the page.

This opens up the Windows Accessibility Control Panel which allows you to choose options to make your computer easier to use. These changes apply to your whole computer, not just Internet Explorer. There are options to adjust how your keyboard, sound, display and mouse work.