The list of Access Keys used on this site appears above. These Access Key codes enable direct keyboard access to our main menu links in most browsers. Different browsers require different methods to use these Access Keys. In most Windows-based browsers you simply hold down the ALT key and press the number indicated in the list above. On a Mac, you usually use the CTRL key with the number.
Access Keys are included primarily to improve the browsing experience for visitors who use only a keyboard when browsing the web, and especially for visitors with mobility impairments that hinder or prevent the use of a mouse. Other users may also find Access Keys useful as quick keyboard shortcuts.
Not all browsers are fully compatible with Access Keys, and in some cases, we have used Access Key assignments which conflict with other uses of the keyboard in some browsers. Our Access Keys should not conflict with normal key assignments in current versions of JAWS, IBM Home Page Reader, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, and Internet Explorer. But our Access Keys will conflict with other keys in current versions of Window-Eyes. Our site goal is to have universally valid Access Keys, but this is not currently possible due to conflicts between Accesskeys and Reserved Keystroke Combinations [wats.ca] used by different affected software systems.
In the top-left corner of each page on this site is a hidden "Skip to Contents" or "skip navigation" link. This link will skip over the title banner and main navigation menu of the page and go directly to the list of page contents. This link is provided to improve the browsing experience for visitors who use only a keyboard when browsing the web and for visitors who use screen readers to read web page content out loud. These users should be able to access the skip navigation link as the first link on the page or as the AccessKey shortcut: 2. The link is designed to remain hidden to most other users.
Many pages also include links at the end of each section to "Return to Contents". These links should make it easier for some users to navigate around each page.
This site has been designed to conform to level Triple-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guildeines 1.0 [w3.org]. This means that the information on this site is accessible to as wide a range of users, software platforms, and computing environments as possible.
If you have any difficulties accessing the information on this site, please let us know. We are committed to providing a barrier-free website.
As part of our commitment to accessibility, all of the pages on this site are written in well-formed, validated XHTML (version 1.0 Strict) [w3.org]. Complying with this international, open standard helps to ensure that our site remains accessible to users regardless of their operating system or web browsing software.
This site employs validated Cascading Syle Sheets (CSS) [w3.org] to define all style and formatting elements on pages, including font sizes, colours, spacing, margins, borders, and text location. This means that users who understand style sheets can change style settings in their web browser and customize the way the entire site is displayed. It also means that the page design will "flow" to fill the viewing window whether you are using a PDA, a large 27" monitor, or anything in between. To view a plain text version of this site, users can simply turn off style sheets in their browser altogether. Most browsers offer a menu option to increase the text size of pages, and these functions will all work correctly on this site without any need to know about style sheets.
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