Accessibility
London and Capital is committed to making its website available to as many people as possible. Many Internet users can find websites difficult to use due to the way they have been designed. We recognise that this is an important issue and are making changes to ensure that the London and Capital website site is accessible in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.
Changes to improve accessibility are ongoing, but if you come across a page you find difficult to use please let us know.
Changing your browser settings
To alter the way you view websites, from text size to background colour, change the settings on your browser by following the instructions below.
Internet Explorer (IE5 and higher)
To change the text size
On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
Select the "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages" tick box
Click "OK"
On the browser View menu, click "Text Size" and then choose the size you want
To change text and background colours
On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
Click "OK"
On the General tab, click "Colors"
Deselect "Use Windows colours" tick box
Click the box next to "Text" and select a colour
Click "OK"
Click the box next to "Background" and select a colour
Click "OK"
To change the colour of links
On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
Click "OK"
Click on "Colours", then click on the relevant colour box and choose the colour you want the "Visited" and "Unvisited" links to appear as
Click "OK"
To change the font
On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
Select the "Ignore font styles specified on web pages" tick box
Click "OK"
Click on "Fonts", then select the required font
Click "OK"
To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window
Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or press F11, or drag the window to the required size.
Prevent images/graphics appearing
On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
On the Advanced tab, scroll down to "Multimedia" and deselect the following tick boxes: "Play animations in web pages", "Play videos in web pages", and "Show Pictures"
Click "Apply" then "OK"
Importing your own stylesheet
On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
Select the tick boxes that your stylesheet will override: colours, font styles, and font sizes
Click "OK"
On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
Select the "Format documents using my style sheet" tick box and browse to the required stylesheet and click "OK"