Accessibility
Change appearance and text size of the site
The Accessibility settings allows you to change the look of the Bolton Council website to suit your needs. We've provided three preset options for you to choose from, these include the option to change background colours or make the font sizes bigger. These are available on the top of every page.
Text size
You can change the text size via your internet browser by selecting view on the menu of your browser then text size or text zoom (variable on browser used) then select the display size.
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Some documents on our site are available in a PDF format, this helps us to preserve the original format securely in a relatively small file size. In order to view the document you will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader which is freely available to download To assist with accessibility Adobe has developed a tool to convert PDF documents to read like a normal web page; the link below will take you to the PDF converter:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
Keyboard shorcuts
Keyboard shortcuts control various browser functions and are often a useful and quick way of navigating through a site. For the vast majority of browsers, use your Tab key to navigate forward through links (use Shift + Tab to go backwards), and Enter to activate the link.
Access keys
Access keys let you navigate around a website without using a mouse. You may find them a convenient way to move round the site without having to move your mouse at all. See the Access Key page for more info.
Tell us about accessibility problems
We are constantly working to improve the accessibility of this site and really would welcome your suggestions and comments. Please use the contact information on the right to tell us about any problems you encounter so that we can continuously improve access for everyone who interacts with our website.
Daniel Ladd
Daniel.Ladd@bolton.gov.uk