Older Adults
Younger AdultsUsability and accessibility features of the HFA website
This site uses CSS and XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
When using this site, you will find a number of features that will help you to find the information you are looking for:
Finding your place in the site
The horizontal navigation bar at the top of each page shows each section of the site. In most cases, the section heading is repeated in the vertical navigation bar on the left hand side of the page. If a section has more than one page you will find links to a section's pages underneath the section heading in the left navigation bar.
Skipping the navigation
If you are using an audio browser and don't wish to have the navigation read out to you on any page, we have included a 'skip to content' link as one of the first entries on the page. If you select this link you will be taken straight to the page heading, and then the page content.
Use Access Key Navigation
If you want to use the keyboard for navigation. You can use 'control' and numbers 1-9 to correspond to the top navigation starting on the left. For example, pressing 'control (ctrl) and the number five will take you the 'People' page
Returning to the homepage
When you want to return to the home page, you can click on the 'overview' link on the horizontal navigation bar or on the Buzz logo in the top left corner of the page.
Increasing the size of the text
If you prefer the font size on the pages to be larger or smaller, then use the 'increase font' and 'decrease font' options in the right hand side of the page. This may not work if your browser does not support JavaScript. Alternatively, you can control font size using your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to change the size of the font displayed on the screen either permanently or temporarily. How you increase the font depends upon what browser you are using. Examples of how to increase or decrease fonts in several popular browsers follows:
Internet Explorer Version 5.5 and above
Provides 5 font sizes (largest, larger, medium, smaller, and smallest). Medium is the default size.
You change font size by:
- selecting 'View' from the menu bar, and,
- selecting 'Text Size' then,
- select the size you want from the list.
Or:
- press and hold the 'Alt' key, then
- type 'V' and 'X', then
- release 'Alt' key, then
- select the size you want from the list
The font size you select will remain in effect until you select a different size.
You increase or decrease the displayed font size by:
- press and hold the 'Alt' key, then
- type 'V' and 'Z', then
- release 'Alt' key, then
- select the size you want from the list
If you have a wheel on your mouse you can also increase and decrease the size of the text by:
- press and hold the "CTRL" key, then move the wheel up and down to change the size of the text.
Allows users to increase or decrease font size with shortcut keys.
To increase the displayed font size:
- Hold down the 'Ctrl' key and press the '+' key.
- Font size will increase immediately.
- If you want to increase the size further simply press the '+' key while still holding down the 'Ctrl' key.
To decrease the displayed font size:
- Hold down the 'Ctrl' key and press the '-' key.
- The font size will decrease immediately.
- If you want to decrease the size further simply press the '-' key while still holding down the 'Ctrl' key.
Your selected font size will remain in effect until you close Firefox.
Visit your browser's help feature for additional information on this and other browser related topics.
