ACCAN acknowledges the need to actively promote equal access to all ACCAN events, consultations, submissions and other information. This reflects our principles of equal access and meaningful inclusion of people with disability. ACCAN strives to be a model in this field, for other not-for-profits, industry and government.
ACCAN endeavours to maintain its website in accordance with the WCAG 2.2AA guidelines and WCAG2.2AAA where possible. We welcome feedback on our content.
Our site contains an accesibility toolbox to change colour themes and resize text. The standard and inverted colour themes meet WCAG 2.2AAA contrast ratings. Browsers also have their own text resizing capabilities outlined below.
Change your text size
If you would like to increase the size of text you see on this website we recommend you use your web browser to zoom into the sites pages making the text larger while preserving the layout of the page. Here's how to do this for the most popular browsers;
Firefox
First, at the top of the Firefox window on the menu bar, click the View menu, scroll to the Zoom sub-menu and use the zoom controls as required.
Zoom with keyboard
- To increase the text size / zoom in, press and hold the "Ctrl" while pressing +.
- To decrease the text size / zoom out, press and hold Ctrl while pressing -.
- To reset your text size to default, press and hold Ctrl while pressing 0.
Mouse: If your mouse has a scroll wheel, press and hold Ctrl while scrolling up to decrease the text font size and down to increase it.
More about resizing in Firefox
Google Chrome
Open the "Customize and control Google Chrome" spanner icon (see image right). Use the Zoom controls to resize your text as required.
Zoom with keyboard
- To increase the text size / zoom in, press and hold the "Ctrl" while pressing +.
- To decrease the text size / zoom out, press and hold Ctrl while pressing -.
- To reset your text size to default, press and hold Ctrl while pressing 0.
Mouse: If your mouse has a scroll wheel, press and hold Ctrl while scrolling up to decrease the text font size and down to increase it.
More about resizing in Chrome
Microsoft Edge / Internet Exporer 7+
Zoom with keyboard
- To increase the text size / zoom in, press and hold the "Ctrl" while pressing +.
- To decrease the text size / zoom out, press and hold Ctrl while pressing -.
- To reset your text size to default, press and hold Ctrl while pressing 0.
In Internet Explorer 8 simply use the Magnifying glass in the bottom right corner of your browser frame.
More about resizing in Internet Explorer 8
More about resizing in Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6
To adjust the text size:
- Select menu item View > Text Size
- Click on the desired size. (The dot indicates the one currently selected.)