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Accessibility

This statement relates to content available on NSW Sport and Recreation's website www.dsr.nsw.gov.au. If you have any questions or comments about this statement or the content on this site, please contact us.

Accessible web design

This site has been developed to ensure content is available to the widest possible audience, including readers using assistive technology or accessibility features. By adhering to guidelines for accessible web design, we acknowledge the diversity of communication methods, available technologies and abilities of web-users in the community.

NSW Sport and Recreation strives to maintain conformance to W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The public pages on this site meet the criteria for AA compliance with WCAG guidelines.

Standards compliance

This website is XHTML 1.1 compliant. We aim to make our website content as accessible as possible and follow the guidelines and standards of the W3C. We use cascading style sheets (CSS) to ensure a consistent 'look and feel'. Users of the latest browsers (such as Firefox, IE6, Opera 2, Netscape 6 and Safari) which comply with the W3C guidelines and standards will view content as it was designed. Older browsers (such as Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer 4) will not show the design as it was intended, however, all content will still be available.

Accesskeys

Accesskeys are keyboard shortcuts that allow you to jump to specific areas of a website or webpage without using your mouse. We use numeric accesskeys:

  1. Homepage
  2. Skip to content
  3. Contact us
  4. Site search
  5. A-Z Index
  6. Accessibility
  7. Skip to the first field in a webform

The usual way to use accesskeys is to press and hold the "ALT" key plus the "Accesskey" (for Windows/PC) or "CTRL" plus the "Accesskey" (for Mac). Some browsers do work differently.

Internet Explorer

Version 5 +: "ALT" + "Accesskey" + "Enter". For example, "ALT" + "1" highlights the "Home" link. Select "ENTER" to go to the Homepage

Version 4: "ALT" + "Accesskey". For example, "ALT" + "3" will take you to the contact page.

Netscape

Version 7 +: "ALT" + "Accesskey".

Netscape 6 and earlier do not support accesskeys.

Firefox 2.0

"ALT"+ "SHIFT" + "Accesskey". For example, "ALT" + "SHIFT" + "4" will place the cursor in the site search box.

Opera

Press "SHIFT" + "ESC" then release both keys and select the "Accesskey". For example, "SHIFT" + "ESC", release both keys and select "5" to go to the A-Z Index.

Safari

"CTRL" + "Accesskey".

Text resize options

We have added text resize options to our website that allow you to resize the text of the page content. You can also change text size in your browser by following the tips below.

Version 6 and earlier: You can change the text size via the menu bar. Go to View > Text Size and select a suitable size (i.e., Larger/Largest). This option will save your settings for all websites until you change them again.

Version 7: Increase or decrease the text size using these shortcut keys

  • CTRL+ for larger text and
  • CTRL- for smaller text

Increase or decrease the text size using shortcut keys:

  • CTRL+ for larger text and
  • CTRL- for smaller text

(use CMD+ for Mac)

Go to View > Zoom on the menu bar

Use the shortcut keys:

  • CMD+ for larger text and
  • CMDL- for smaller text

Converting PDF files

The Adobe website provides a service to convert PDF files to HTML via an online form.

The Adobe website and the Trace Research Centre provide services to convert Acrobat PDF files to plain text or HTML via e-mail.

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