A number of tools are available on this website to make it more accessible to users.

Changing text size
The website can be viewed in one of three text sizes by clicking on one of three 'A' letters found on the left hand side, above the 'Home' button.

It is also possible to change text size by changing the settings in your browser:

Internet Explorer: View > Text Size > choose size
Welsh Language Mozilla Firefox: Golwg > Chwyddo > Chwyddo Mewn / Chwyddo Allan 
Mozilla Firefox: View > Zoom > Zoom In / Zoom Out 
Opera: View > Zoom > choose your zoom

Contrast
If you find it difficult to read the website because of the text colour, you can choose between three levels of contrasts by clicking on one of the three ‘A’ letters found by the word  'Contrast' on the left hand side of your screen (above the 'Home' button). To change the text colour back to the lighter shade click on the first ‘A’ by the word   'Contrast'.  

Skip Links
For the benefit of users who don’t use the mouse with their computer, there are skip links on the site to assist users to navigate around the site.  Use the ‘tab’ key to skip from one link to another, and then use the ‘enter’ key to follow that link. 

If Javascript is enabled on your browser, the skip links will not appear on the page when you first visit the site.  To view the skip links, go to a webpage on the Gwynedd site, and press the ‘tab’ key. After you have done this, the skip links will appear on the top and bottom of the webpage.

If Javascript has not been enabled on your browser, the skip links will appear on the top and at the bottom of the webpage.  Click on the 'tab' key to begin navigating through the skip links.

 

Access Keys
Access keys can be used if you do not wish to use a mouse to browse through certain parts of the website. Access keys are only supported in Netscape 6 and above and Internet Explorer 4 and above.

To use these shortcuts, follow the steps below:

i) Press and hold the Alt key (Macintosh users should press Ctrl rather than Alt)
ii) Press the number that corresponds to the page you require - refer to the list of access keys below. You should use the numbers above the letters (rather than those on the right hand side) on your keyboard.
iii) Press Return.

gwynedd.gov.uk access keys:

0 – Access key details
1 – Home page
2 – Main menu
3 – Site map
4 – Search
5 – Contact us
6 – Help
7 – A - Z
8 – Terms and Conditions
9 – Privacy and Cookies

Text only
You can browse a text only version of the website by either choosing the Text only option on the splash page or by choosing this text only  link.

Web and accessibility standards
Gwynedd Council's website makes use of valid XHTML code and CSS styles.

We aim to comply with WAI-AA accessibility standards, and the vast majority of our webpages reach this standard.

We welcome your views on how easy the website is to use. Please send your comments to webmaster@gwynedd.gov.uk