Accessibility Options
This page explains how to use the access key function and other general accessibility tools that are available with a standard Internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Access keys:
Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow the user to navigate around a website or a piece of computer software without having to use a mouse or other pointing device.
The Accesskeys used on this site are as follows:
- 1 = Home Page
- 2 = About Us
- 3 = The Team
- 4 = Our Technology
- 5 = Treatments
- 6 = Gum Health
- 7 = Children's Dentistry
- 8 = Payment Options
- 9 = Shop Online
- 0 = How to Find Us
- a = Contact Us
- b = Access Keys
Use of access keys differs according to browser:
Below is a list of common browsers and the key presses required to use Accesskeys:
- Internet Explorer for Windows
- Alt + accesskey followed by Enter
- Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac
- Ctrl + accesskey
- Firefox v2 for Windows
- Alt + Shift + accesskey
- Firefox <=v1.5 for Windows
- Alt + accesskey
- Firefox for Mac (including v2)
- Ctrl + accesskey
- Mozilla for Windows
- Alt + accesskey
- Mozilla for Mac
- Ctrl + accesskey
- Opera for Windows or Mac
- Shift + Esc + accesskey
- Safari 1.2 (Mac only)
- Ctrl + accesskey
- Netscape 6+ for Window
- Alt + accesskey
- Netscape 6+ for Mac
- Ctrl + accesskey
The following browsers do not support Accesskeys:
- Camino (Mac only)
- IE <v4
- Netscape <v6
Cascading Style Sheets
In order to ensure a consistent user experience for visitors to the site we use what are known as cascading style sheets (CSS for short). CSS enable us to enforce a corporate look-and-feel to our web site which ensures that a consistent font typeface, use of colour and optimum text sizes are presented on your screen.
Using cascading style sheets enables us to meet current legislative and industry standards on web site accessibility.
Text Size
Is the text on your screen too large? Or too small?
Our default text size is approximately 10 points. You may find that on your screen the text is either too large or too small for your personal needs. Using the options below you can set a smaller or larger standard font size.
To increase or decrease the text size, use the Text Size setting in the Internet Explorer View menu (at the top of the screen, Alt +V for keyboard users). The default setting is Medium but you can select a larger or smaller setting.
In browsers other than Internet Explorer, there will be a similar setting. For example, in Netscape versions 6 and above the option is called Text Zoom.
Text-only version
This site has been designed using validated html code so that it can be read properly by text browsers such as Lynx. We have therefore not included a "text only" alternative version so that all our visitors know that they are reading the same information.
