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We endeavour to make our site accessible to a variety of users with differing needs, using various technologies. This site uses the following standards for content delivery and accessibility:

Pages are coded in HTML 4.01 Transitional.
Styles are formatted using the Cascading Style Sheets 2 (CSS2) specification (and can be disabled).
All pages comply with priority one checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and many comply with priority one and two.
Javascript and cookies are used only when necessary.
The Adobe Acrobat plugin is required for certain forms and documents presented in PDF format. It can be downloaded at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.
Microsoft Word (or a compatible application, like the Internet Explorer browser) is required for certain forms and documents in DOC format.

Recent versions of popular web browsers will tend to display our pages more accurately, as these newer browsers comply with the standards defined in the HTML 4.01 and CSS2 specifications. As development on our site continues, we are exploring solutions that will make our site even more accessible to the diverse population of our county.

Accessibility Tips

There are many ways, using your browser, of customizing your viewing experience of our site. One of the most useful changes you can make for visual accessibility is modifying the colors, font types, and font sizes as fits your needs.

In Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x, click on Tools, then scroll down to and click on Internet Options. Near the bottom right corner of this window, click on Accessibilty to view options for overriding font and color tags. You can also click on Colors and Fonts to set your default values that overriding will revert to.

Note: there are additional accessibility features on the Advanced tab.

In Netscape 4.x and 6.x, click on Edit, then scroll down to and click on Preferences. You should see a screen similar to the one on the left of this text. Double-click on the Appearance category, then click on either Fonts or Colors. Here you can choose to override any web page's font and color specifications with your own.

Note: when viewing a web page in Netscape, you can hold the CTRL key and hit [ or ] to decrease or increase the size of the text.