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Accessibility

This site is produced by the Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission. It aims to provide comprehensive information about the Commission and its services.

This website has been designed to be as accessible to as many users as possible, including:

The accessibility features available on this site include:

Please note that you can also request to acquire any documents available on the web site in printed / hardcopy formats by using the Contact Us form.

Please see following guides to using this web site in an effort to improve accessibility:

Text resizing

You can make the text larger or smaller on this site by selecting the minus or plus buttons of the resize tool located in the upper right corner of this website.

Alternately you can make the text larger or smaller on any website you visit by changing the settings on your computer.

How to change the text size

To check which version of Internet browser is installed on your machine:

The screen that comes up will display which browser and version you are using.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or 6.0
Select View menu, click on Text size and choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh)
Click View menu, click on Text Zoom and choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
Select View menu, click on Internet Options and choose Fonts and change the size to Small or Large.
Netscape 6.0, and 4.0
Select Edit menu and click on Preferences. A new window will open. Select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window. Under Fonts reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).
FireFox
Select View menu, click on Text size and choose either Increase or Decrease the font size.
Mozilla
Select View menu, click on Text Zoom, and choose a percentage size or select Larger or Smaller.
Opera
Select View menu, click on Zoom, and then select a size from the list.
Safari
Select View menu and click Make Text Bigger to increase the font size or Make Text Smaller to reduce the font size.

Printer-Friendly

Throughout the web site, every page is printer friendly. Simply use the Print button located in the upper right corner of each page to print.

Alternately select the Print function located on your browser to print whichever page you like. The Print function is usually located under the File menu of your browser window.

When a web page is printed, it will only print the title of the page, the location of the page as well as the content. Navigation menus are automatically removed for your convenience to improve readability on paper.

Using the site

The site has the following navigational features to aid you in your visiting experience:

Overview Menu

Covers all aspects of the Commission's services and areas of interest to citizens.

Search

Search the web site to find what you want directly with keywords.

Breadcrumb

Helps you to determine the location of the page that you are viewing at the time.

Plug-ins Requirements

Throughout this web site, you may encounter documents and files that may require you to install additional software on your computer. Please note that in most cases you are not required to install anything as most computers are capable to read the documents and files on this web site.

The following is a list of software that you may need to read the documents and files on this web site:

PDF Documents

Microsoft Excel Documents

Microsoft Word Documents

The gedc.wa.gov.au site meets the full first level compliance with the guidelines for accessibility of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), along with second level compliance in some areas. Consequently all pages are compliant with Priority 1 guidelines based on W3C Web Accessibility standards. The GEDC makes no guarantee that accessibility levels of external websites linked from this website meet the same standards.

Page last reviewed: 13 March 2009

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