Accessibility


Contents on this page

Problems or Errors
System Requirements
Web Browsers
Accessibility
Adobe Flash Player plug-in
Adobe Reader PDF Documents
Windows Media Player

Problems or Errors

If you experience any compatibility problems or errors while using this website, or wish to make comments or suggestions on how we may improve this website, please contact the webmaster.

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System Requirements

This website has been designed to be compatible with a broad range of computer systems and web browsers.

If you are experiencing any problem using this site, use this page to help you ensure that your computer meets the required specifications. If you still have trouble, and need some help, please contact the webmaster

Minimum Specifications

  • Version 4 or later web browser
  • 800x 600 screen resolution or higher
  • 16 bit colour resolution or higher

Recommended system specifications

For the best experience, we strongly recommend the following specifications:

  • Standards compliant web browser (see note below)
  • 1024x768 screen resolution
  • 24 bit colour resolution or higher
  • Javascript enabled
  • Flash Player plug-in

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Web Browsers

This website will function using any of the following web browsers:

  • Internet Explorer 5 or higher
  • Netscape 4.8 or higher
  • Mozilla FireFox 1.0 or higher
  • Opera 6 or higher
  • Safari 1 or higher

Please note:

Although this website will function using most web browsers, there will be some cosmetic differences when viewed with different browsers.

Recommended web browsers

For the best experience and security whilst using this web site we strongly recommend either of the following web browsers:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
  • Mozilla FireFox 2
  • Netscape 8

Download latest version of popular web browsers

Use the following links to download the latest version of these popular web browsers. Once the download has completed, double-click the install program, and follow the instructions.

Microsoft Internet Explorer
Netscape
Mozilla FireFox
Opera

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Accessibility

This web site has been designed in accordance with the Department's policy and guidelines on website accessibility and usability.

Suggestions

If you are using accessibility technologies, such as a screen reader or text-only web browser, using some or all of the following techniques may improve your experience while using this website.

  • disable CSS styles sheets, or apply your own style sheet
  • disable JavaScript
  • disable page colours
  • linearise the page
  • If you are using a screen-reader or text browser, we recommend that you disable JavaScript.

For accessibility features and compatibility, we strongly recommend that you use either the FireFox or Opera web browsers. These browsers offer excellent built-in tools for accessibility and provide the best compatibility for CSS and accessibility features.

If you have any problems using this web site, or would like to provide feedback, please contact the webmaster.

JavaScript

This web site uses JavaScript to create an enhanced user experience.

The main navigation menu of this web site uses JavaScript to generate the menus.

Some old web browsers, and text based web browsers do not support JavaScript, and the menu system will not function correctly.

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Adobe Flash Player plug-in

Some pages in this website use Adobe Flash technology to display multimedia content. To view this content you must have the Adobe Flash Player plug-in installed on your computer.

The version of the Flash plugin that is required varies depending on the type of content, for example:

Most Flash content throughout the site requires Flash plug-in version 6 or higher.
The video content in the School to TAFE section of the web site requires Flash plug-in version 7 or higher.
You can go to the Adobe Flash About page to find out if you have the plug-in installed, and if so, what version you have.

You can download the most recent version of the Adobe Flash plug-in, by clicking here.

If you have the Flash plug-in already installed but do not see the multimedia content, or experience problems, it is likely that you have an old version installed. You will need to update your Flash plug-in.

Adobe Reader PDF Documents

Many documents available for download from this web site are published in PDF format.

To view or print these documents you must have the Adobe Reader software installed on your computer.

This software is available as a FREE download from here.

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Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player, plays video and audio content. Windows Media Player comes with Internet Explorer 5 or higher, but can also be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/

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