Help and Accessibility
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Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers website has been built to adhere to current accessibility standards and conforms to the WCAG 1.0 standards, achieving a "AA" rating.
The site does rely on JavaScript for the interactive Google Maps. If your browser does not use JavaScript we have also provided links to the excellent www.streetmap.co.uk site as an alternative.
Access Keys
The website has been designed to be used with either a mouse, or other pointing device, or your keyboard. Access Keys are keyboard shortcuts that you can use in your web browser to quickly go to important parts of our website. How you use the access keys will depend on which web browser you use:
- Access Key 1 : Home
- Access Key A : About
- Access Key Z : A to Z
- Access Key C : Contacts
- Access Key E : Events
- Access Key P : Photo Galleries
- Access Key L : Useful Links
- Access Key N : News
- Access Key S : Sightings
- Access Key B : Birding Sites
- Access Key R : Reports
- Hold down the Alt key
- Press the required access key (see above)
- Release the access key and press ENTER
- Hold down the Alt & Shift keys
- Press the required access key (see above)
- Hold down the Shift key and press Escape
- Press the required access key (see above)
- Hold down the Ctrl key
- Press the required access key (see above)
- Hold down the Alt key
- Press the required access key (see above)
Downloads
Adobe Acrobat for PDF files
Some information on this site may be presented as a PDF download. These can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat reader software. This software is provided free by Adobe Systems Inc. and can be downloaded from Adobe by using this link www.adobe.com
Microsoft Viewers
Some information on this site may be presented as a Microsoft Word download. These can be viewed using the Microsoft Word Viewer. This is a small piece of software that enables Word users to share their documents with people who do not use Microsoft Word for Windows ®®. Word Viewer allows users to view and print Word documents exactly as they appear in Word. Word Viewer allows users to read and print Word documents, but it does not allow them to edit documents.
Word for Windows 3.x viewer (2.3Mb)
Word 97-2000 viewer (3.9Mb)
Word 2003 viewer (12.3Mb)
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel Viewer is a small application that enables Excel users to share their documents with people who do not use Microsoft Excel for Windows®. Excel Viewer allows users to view and print Excel spreadsheets exactly as they appear in Excel. Excel Viewer allows users to read and print Excel documents, but it does not allow them to edit documents.
Excel viewer (3.9Mb)
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer is a small application that enables Powerpoint users to share their documents with people who do not use Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows®. Powerpoint Viewer allows users to view and print Powerpoint presentations exactly as they appear in Powerpoint. Powerpoint Viewer allows users to read and print Powerpoint slides, but it does not allow them to edit documents.
Powerpoint viewer (1.9Mb)
If you do not have Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint but would like to use free versions of similar software, try Open Office free products.
