Valentines High School

Access keys

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 on a PC, press alt and the access key character at the same time

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher on a PC, press "alt" and the access key character at the same time, then press the enter key

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 on an Apple Macintosh, press ctrl and the access key character at the same time

For Netscape 6 and Mozilla, use the alt key on a PC, or the ctrl key on an Apple Macintosh

For FireFox 2.0 (and above) use shift + alt and the access key character at the same time

The following keys are mapped for your convenience

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skip navigation

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Homepage

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About us

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Parents & Carers

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VI Form

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News at Valentines

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Events at Valentines

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Contact us

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Accessability information (this page)

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Site map

Keyboard Navigation

Using the keyboard for navigation is often handy and quick to use.

There are a few simple techniques for navigating in this way:

• The backspace (delete) key can be used in the same way as the back button in your browser. Using shift + backspace works in the same way as the forward page button.
• The tab key can be used to navigate through links. Each successive keypress will take you to the next available link in the page. Using shift + tab reverses this effect and moves to the previous link.
• Access keys as described earlier are very handy and can be quicker to use than mouse navigation.
• The up and down cursor keys (arrows) can be used to scroll the page up and down rather than having to use the scroll bar.

Speech enabled

This site has been optimised for use with all speech enabled programs and browsers.

Increase the font size

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+ for Windows

Method One

1. Click on the Tools menu
2. Click on Internet Options
3. Click on the Accessibility button (on the General tab)
4. Click in the Ignore font sizes specified on Web Pages checkbox
5. Click on the OK button to close the Accessibility dialog box
6. Click on the OK button to close the Internet Options dialog box

Method Two

1. Click on the View menu
2. Point to Text Size
3. Click on Larger/Largest to increase and Small/Smallest to decrease
4. Please note if you do not like the colour contrast between background and text, you can follow the first tree stages in Step One described above and select Avoid colours specified on web pages.

Netscape Navigator 4+ for Windows

1. Click on the View menu
2. Point to Text Zoom (100%)
3. Click on your preferred text size or click on the smaller/larger options until you find a size with which you are comfortable.
4. Further Accessibility Preferences, including changing the colours used, can be chosen by clicking on the Edit menu, selecting Preferences and expanding the Appearance category at the top left of the dialog box. Expand the category either by clicking on the + sign or by double-clicking on Appearance.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for an Apple Macintosh

1. Click on the Edit menu
2. From the options menu which appears, select Preferences
3. Click on Web Content
4. Click on the Show style sheets checkbox to remove the tick
5. Return to the list of Preferences
6. Click on Web Browser
7. Select Language/Fonts
8. Select the font size you require

Mozilla Firefox

Method 1

1. Click on the View menu
2. Select Increase/Decrease Text Size until you are comfortable

Method 2

1. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Plus ( + ) key to Increase
2. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Minus( - ) key to Decrease

Opera

1. Click on the View menu
2. Point to Zoom
3. Click on the appropriate size in the list

1. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Plus ( + )* key to Increase
2. Hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and press the Minus ( - )* key to Decrease