Help using our site

This page provides advice on how to make our site easier for you to use. You can get to this page from any other page in the site by following the 'Help Using this Site' link at the top of each page.

Making the text easier to read

If you're having difficulty reading the text, you can:

Make text in this web site larger, using your Web browser.
Change the colours of the text and the background, using your Web browser.

How do you do that? Unfortunately, instructions vary depending on what Web browser you're using, and we don't have space to print them all here.

However, there is a very good place to find out exactly how to make changes to the way the SDT Web site appears (and many other Web sites) - the BBC's My Web My Way Web site. It provides instructions on how you can make changes to the appearance of Web pages to suit your needs.

Go to the BBC My Web My Way web site.

Making it easier to browse the Web site

If you're having difficulty using the mouse, or can't use a mouse, this site has been designed to allow you to use the keyboard to move from page to page.

With your keyboard, you can:

Use the TAB key to move from one link to another. (you'll see the link text changes colour to show you it is currently in 'focus').
Use the RETURN key to follow the current link to a new page.
Press the SHIFT and TAB keys together to move backwards through the links on a page.

These instructions work for most popular Web browsers, and should also work on most Web sites. Try it now!

We've also added a link at the top of each page, the Skip to main content link. It is normally invisible, but is revealed as the first link you reach when you press the TAB key. If you follow this link, you'll jump straight to the start of the important information on each page, saving you from having to tab through the navigation links first.

If you're still having problems

If you're having difficulty accessing specific information on the Web site, please do contact us by email or phone, and let us know what the problem is. We'll do our best to sort it out as soon as possible. Our details are on the Contact page.

Technical accessibility information

This site has been developed to be as accessible as possible to as many people as possible, following the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. It has been tested on a variety of Web browsers and assistive technologies, including screen readers.