At Abacus, we are committed to making sure everyone has access to our website. We have designed it with these accessibility guidelines in mind:
- We make sure that navigation throughout the site works in a consistent way.
- We use a standard web font to make it easy for all to read. In most cases, the size of the font can be adjusted according to the users’ needs, using standard browser and operating system options.
- All the images are given ‘alt text’ alternatives except those which are only decorative; the tags for these are left blank.
- We never use colour as the only way to convey information.
Abacus has developed its own accessibility guidelines which take into account standards and accessibility best practice from a number of sources
If you are experiencing a problem it may be due to the following . This website requires a “javascript” enabled browser, which is capable of displaying frames.
To Enable Java Script for Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer Browser
2) Select 'Tools' from the top menu
3) Choose 'Internet Options'
4) Click on the 'Security' tab
5) Click on 'Custom Level'
6) Scroll down until you see section labled 'Scripting'
7) Under 'Active Scripting', select 'Enable' and click OK
This site is Abacus’ first step in making our website accessible to all, and we intend to make further improvements later this year.
Adobe Acrobat is required to view and print PDF documents that appear on this website. To download this program for free, visit the Adobe website. To read PDF documents with a screen reader please link to the Access Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources.
If you have difficulty accessing the site or have any comments or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact our Marketing Team on +44 1534 602000 or email us on Marketing Team
Help with changing your settings
Your browser already includes a number of ways to change the way our web pages are displayed. Here’s how to change settings using Internet Explorer :
Internet Explorer instructions :
To enlarge text
On the browser menu select 'view'
Click 'text size'
Choose the size of text
To change text and background colour
On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the General tab, select 'Colour'
Deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour
Click on 'OK'
Select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour
Click on 'OK'
To prevent graphics and images appearing
On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
Deselect the graphics options 'animations', 'videos', 'pictures' and 'images' by clicking on the boxes to remove the ticks
Click on 'Apply' then 'OK'
To change the size of the window
On the browser View menu select 'Full screen' or press F11
To change the colour of links displayed on a screen.
On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
Click on 'Select ignore colours specified on Web pages' (should contain a tick)
Click 'OK'
Select 'General' tab and click on 'Colours'
Turn off the 'Use hover colours' tick box (should not contain a tick)
Select 'Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK
Select 'Not Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, Click OK
Select 'OK' for 'Colours'
Select 'OK' for 'Internet Options'
Other options
Other options such as removing animation are available:
On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
On the Advanced tab choose any of the options available to improve the visibility of the web pages.
Other browsers
There are options to change the way pages are displayed on other browsers. Please refer to your browser's help or information section for details. If in doubt please contact us for help. However, to make the most of the accessibility features on this site we recommend the use of Internet Explorer.