Accessibility Statement

This is the official Accessibility Statement for the Northern Star IFA website;-

If you have experienced a problem accessing or reading our material, please let us know and we will try to provide the information in a format that is useful to you. We would also welcome your feedback and ideas regarding the accessibility of our site.

Standards Compliance

All pages on this site are Web Content Accessibility Guidelines approved and comply with all priority 1, 2 and in most cases 3 guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Many accessibility features can be measured, whilst some cannot and require human judgment. We have reviewed the guidelines and believe that we have achieved compliance.

Access Keys

The list below shows the keyboard shortcut commands available in this site.

To use the Access Keys on your system, please follow these steps as they vary slightly across browsers and operating systems:

In Internet Explorer 6 on PC, use Alt plus the Access Key then Enter.

In Netscape 6 on PC, use Alt plus Access Key to activate the shortcut.

In Netscape 6 or Internet Explorer 5 on Mac, use Ctrl plus Access Key.

Please consult your software help option for information regarding other platforms.

Access Key 0 - Home
Access Key 9 - Accessibility Policy and Access Keys
Access Key 1 - Main Categories (top tabs)
Access Key 2 - Services within Main  Categories

Adjusting the Text size

The text size used throughout the site is easily increased or decreased using your browser. A couple of examples of how to do this are listed below:

Changing your text size in Microsoft Internet Explorer:

1. Select 'Text Size' from the 'View' menu.
2. Select from the list of predefined text sizes ranging from 'Largest' to 'Smallest'

Changing your text size in Netscape/Mozilla:

1. Select 'Text Size' from the 'View' menu.
2. Select 'Increase Font' or 'Decrease Font' to adjust the font size accordingly.

Alternatively you can adjust your text size in many browsers by holding down the 'Ctrl' key (PC) and using your mouse scroll wheel to increase or decrease your text size.

Screen Resolution

This website is best viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. For help with changing your screen resolution, consult your operating system's online Help reference.

Tabbing

All pages have a tab index so that pressing the tab key will sequentially go through the links on the web page from top to bottom.

Technical Specification

This website has been designed to conform to W3C web standards and uses valid eXtensible Hypertext Mark-up Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).