Accessibility

This page details the accessibility features offered on the M4 Marketing website

Skip Navigation feature
Skip navigation links are provided at the very top of every page on the site. Hidden from the visual user, they provide fast access to the main page content for screen readers.

Keyboard accessibility
Keyboard shortcuts for quick access to pages and to give better accessibility to users without a mouse are included in this site. These keys are included in the menu and are accessible using the following alpha characters.

•Accesskey "1" provides a link to the Home page which gives an overview of M4 marketing.
•Accesskey "2" provides a link to the About M4 Marketing page which gives an overview of what we do and how we do it.
•Accesskey "3" provides a link to the Services page which details the services offered by M4 Marketing.
•Accesskey "4" provides a link to the Profile page which gives information on our background and experience.
•Accesskey "5" provides a link to the Articles page which gives lots of small business marketing help and advice.
•Accesskey "6" provides a link to the News page which keeps you up to date with developments in the industry as well as here at M4 Marketing.
•Accesskey "7" provides a link to the Contact page for M4 Marketing.

Tab index
Tab indexing is also used to allow you to tab through the menu links.

Changing Appearance of the Screen
To alter the accessibility features of this website you can change settings in your Web browser to suit your preferences and circumstances. Any of these suggested changes will not affect images on the screen and are not irreversible.

The Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser
To apply permanently font and colour changes:
1. on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the General tab, select Accessibility
3. click the three boxes to show ticks.

Changing the Font
Using a sans serif font (such as Arial), rather than a serif font (such as Times New Roman) can make text easier to read.
1. on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the General tab, click Fonts
3. select the font you would like to use.

Displaying Text Larger or Smaller
1. on the View menu, click Text Size
2. select the text size you would like.

or:

1. on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the General tab, click Fonts
3. select the font size you would like.

Changing Text and Background Colour
Website creators often specify particular fonts, typefaces and background colours for their pages, and the combinations can sometimes make the text difficult to read. You can override these settings by choosing your own preferred, clearer colour scheme - black text on a yellow background gives the most contrast:

1. on the View or Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the General tab, click Colours
3. click on the tick box labeled Use Windows Colours
4. click Text, and select the colour you want. Click OK.
5. click Background, and select the colour you want to use. Click OK.

To Close Images on Web Pages:
1. on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. on the Advanced tab, scroll down to Multimedia
3. click on Show pictures to remove the tick
4. click on Apply, and then click on OK.
5. refresh the page

To Change the Size of the Window:
Click Full Screen on the toolbar.

Other Options
There are more options to make websites easier to read, such as removing animation and expanding text. To look at the other options:

1. on the View / Tools menu, click Internet Options
2. select the Advanced tab
3. choose the options you would like.

The Netscape Navigator 4.x Browser
To change the settings on your browser go to the Edit menu, and click on Preferences. From here you can make the following changes:

Changing the Font
- click on Appearance
- click Font
- change the Variable Width Font and the Fixed Width Font to the type you prefer.

(To use these fonts when you visit all websites in future, click on Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts.)

Changing the Colour of the Text and the Background
- click on Appearance
- click Colours
- select Text, and choose the colour you would like to use
- click OK
- select Background, and choose a colour
- click OK
- click OK to close Preferences
(To use these settings in future, click on Always use my colours, overriding document as described above under the Microsoft Internet Explore Browser heading.)

To Close Images on Web Pages:
- click on Edit
- click Preferences
- select Advanced
- remove the tick from the box marked Automatically load images
- click OK
If you have any problems changing these settings, click the Help menu on the browser toolbar. Also, if your browser has different options to the above, look at the Help menu for specific instructions.

Navigation
Each page on the M4 Marketing website has a navigation bar on the left hand side to allow you to move from section to section.

Accessibility Standards
The content developed for M4 Marketing for the World Wide Web should permit access to the widest possible audience.

This web site is built using code compliant with W3C standards for XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets. The site displays correctly with current browsers, and using standard XHTML code means that any future browsers will also display this web site correctly.