We hope the contents of this website will be accessible to all our users. If you are having difficulties accessing information please report problems to your tutor, support staff or direct to:
Alison Sharman
Web Support Officer
Faculty of Social Sciences
Cartmel College
Tel: 01524-592873
E-mail:a.sharman@lancaster.ac.uk
If you suffer from dyslexia, colour blindness or have low vision, you can alter your browser settings to suit your needs. You can change the colour of the text and background and enlarge or reduce the size of the font. You can also remove the "style" specified by the web designer.
Follow the instructions below or download them in Word.
In Internet Explorer or Navigator, select View>Text Size
Change the text size as required. You may need to click the "refresh" button.
1. In Internet Explorer, select Tools>Internet Options. A dialogue box will appear. Click on "Accessibility".
2. A second dialogue box will appear. Click the checkbox: "Ignore colours specified on Web pages" and click on OK.
3. Click on "Colours" in the dialogue box that remains. A third box will appear
4. Uncheck "Use Windows colours".
5. Select new colours for the text and background by clicking on the colour chip and choosing new ones. Click on OK.
6. Check that your web page has changed. You may need to click on the "refresh" button.
Return your browser to its default settings by checking "Use Windows colours", click on OK. Click on "Accessibility" and uncheck " Ignore colours etc"
1. Select Tools>Internet Options and click on "Accessibility".
2. Check "Ignore colours", "Ignore fonts" and "Ignore font sizes".
3. Click on OK and see what effect this has on your web pages.
You can replace the web page style with you own by following the steps above and by also selecting "Format documents using my style sheet". You will need to create your own style sheet file and store it on your computer hard drive. Please contact a.sharman@lancaster.ac.uk if you need assistance.
"Skip Navigation" links have been provided at the top of each page to allow screen reader users to pass over repetive menus and should take you directly to the page content.
We appreciate that screen reader users may not be able to access PDF documents. Please contact the relevant author or office and we will be pleased to provide the document in an alternative format.
You should be able to access all links using the tab key. Please report faults or illogical sequencing to a.sharman@lancaster.ac.uk