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Accessibility
Accessibility Information 

SYPA are committed to complying with the Disability Discrimination Act and have made significant improvements to our website in order to reduce the barriers experienced by people with disabilities. In accordance with central Government guidelines it is SYPA's policy to create pages to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We have ran extensive testing validate our web pages, so they are accessible for the browsers that this website supports. If you find any of our pages inaccessible to you please use our website comments form to let us know (including details of the technology you are using) and we will make every reasonable effort to either remove the barrier or provide the information in a format that you find acceptable.

AA   Text Size

Our site has been set up using relative font sizing so this size will be based on the size you currently have set in your browser. If you wish to change the size of the text and images, you may do so using your keyboard keys 'CTRL' and '-' to decrease the size or 'CTRL' and '+' to increase the size.
How to change the size of the text only:
  • Firefox:  Tools >> Options >> Content
  • Google Chrome:  Toolbar >>  Control the current page >> Text Zoom
  • IE:  View >> Text Size
  • Netscape:  View >> Text Zoom
  • Opera:  View >> Zoom
  • Safari:  View >> Make Text Bigger 

Access keys

If you have difficulty using a mouse or similar devices, you can use keyboard shortcuts. The accesskey feature is available in the latest browsers. If your browser does not support these features please see the technical information which provides links to the latest browser downloads. The most common pages can be accessed by using the following access keys:
  • 1 - home
  • 2 - news
  • 3 - a - z  
  • 4 - publications
  • 5 - faq
  • 6 - technical help 
  • 7 - making a complaint 
  • 8 - mypension
  • 9 - general enquiry
  • 0 - access key details (back to this page)
How do I use the access keys for my browser?
  • Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number of the required access key, then press ENTER.
  • Internet Explorer 4: Hold down the ALT key and select the number of the required access key.
  • Internet Explorer 5+ for Mac: Hold down the CTRL key and select the number of the required access key.
  • Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac: Access keys are not supported.
  • Netscape 6+: Hold down the ALT key and select the number of the required access key.
  • Netscape earlier versions: Access keys are not supported.
  • Mozilla FireFox 1: Hold down the ALT key and select the number of the required access key.
  • Mozilla Firefox 2+: Hold down Shift + Alt and then select the number of the required access key.
Navigation

The main sections of the website are listed across the top. Choosing a menu option from the top then produces a sub menu down the left hand side of the screen. There is also a text menu at the bottom of each webpage which contains links to other subpages. This menu at the bottom can be accessed by using the tab key on the keyboard.

There is a breadcrumbs trail at the top of the screen which shows you the pages you have currently accessed to get to the page you are currently viewing. The breadcrumbs links can also be used to backtrack to previous pages.

At the top right of the screen there is a search facility, where you may search for webpages and documents using a keyword search.


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