Accessibility
Standards compliance
At Intertek Measurment Science Group we believe strongly in the right for all our users to have easy access to our services and information. For this reason all web pages made for the Intertek Measurment Science Group website are written to the XHTML 1.0 Strict standard, use Cascading Style Sheets for presentation and aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Text size/ contrast
We've made it easy for you to change the size of the text and colour contrast on the Intertek Measurment Science Group website. If the text is too small for you, then you can change it to a size that you are more comfortable with. there are two ways to go about making this change.
Webpage controls (bottom left)
Select the font size you desire by clicking on the small, medium or large “A”
Browser controls
In Internet Explorer on PCs, click the View tab in the menu bar and select Text Size. You will find a choice of sizes available to use. In most other browsers, including recent versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer (on Apple Macs), Text Size is renamed Text Zoom.
A greater contrast in the websites text can be made by clicking the Contrast "High" button (bottom right)
Keyboard shortcuts
Most web browsers support shortcuts called 'Access keys' that you can use to jump to specific areas of the site. If your browser supports them, press ALT + key (PCs) or CTRL + key (Apple Macs) and then ‘Enter’ to use.
We use the following standard access keys as defined by the UK Government:
- S - Skip Navigation
- 1 - Home Page
- 3 - Site Map
- 9 - Contact Us
- 0 - Accessibility Statement
Screen Resolution
All the pages on this website have been designed to be viewed in a single screen width with any computers set for a screen resolution of 1024x768 or more.
The website can be viewed in lower resolution screens, for example 800x600, but you will notice scroll bars are employed to enable you to view the full width and/or height of the web page.
