Mslexia

Mslexia, the magazine for women who write | www.mslexia.co.uk

Accessibility help

Our policy

The Mslexia website has been built to be accessible as possible. However, if you find you have problems using the site and reading its content, please do let us know by emailing us at .

◊ Sizing text ◊ Access keys ◊ Printing ◊ Help with PDFs ◊ Help with javascript

Visual design

This site uses cascading style sheets for its design and layout, and if your browser does not support stylesheets, the content of each page is still readable. The flexible layout accommodates itself to your browser window and this allows you to resize text (see below) with ease.

Sizing text

The Mslexia website is designed to let you change the text size for readability by using the text size function at the bottom of each page, or below. There are four size options: +1, +2, +3 and RESET (0). You may also change the sizes by using access keys. Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the website.

Access keys for sizing

On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press CTRL + an access key. The following access keys allow you to change text size:

Access key:
1 - SIZE +1
2 - SIZE +2
3 - SIZE +3
0 - DEFAULT SIZE

If you are having no luck changing size, it may be that your browser has its javascript turned off. For full functionality on this site and other websites, it is best to turn it on. Please help me with javascript.

If, however, you do not wish to or cannot turn on javascript, you can change text size using your browser's size controls. On Safari and Mozilla, you can use the keyboard controls CTR with +/- (Windows) or CMD with +/- (Macintosh). For Internet Explorer users, follow the instructions below.

Internet Explorer (versions 5.x-6.x)

• You must first disable style sheets. To do so, from the Menu Bar, select Tools and click Internet Options
• Select the General tab and click the box entitled Accessibility
• Ensure that all three buttons under Formatting are checked
• Click OK in Accessibility dialog box
• Click OK in Internet Options dialog box
• Click Refresh
• After successfully disabling style sheets, From the Menu Bar select View
• Scroll to Text Size and choose your preference

Internet Explorer (version 7.0 and greater)

From the Menu Bar, select View. Scroll to Text Size and choose your preference.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the website. The following access keys will help you navigate the site more easily. If you get completely lost or can't find the page you want, try access key s for the site map.

On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press CTRL + an access key. The following access keys allow you to change text size:

Access key:
Home page - h
Contact page - c
Site map - s

Printing pages from this website

The website has been designed to allow pages to be printed in a simple, printer-friendly layout. Pages won't look like the website, and they exclude images, which don't print very well and use up your ink. Most of the content has been made greyscale.

Printable forms - PDFs

There are a few printable forms on this site, in pdf (portable document format). If you do not have a PDF reader installed, it's a good idea to download and install one. There are also alternatives to this - read the PDF help guide.