Perth Convention Bureau website has been designed to be accessible to everyone. If you encounter any accessibility issues, please contact us.
Recent versions of Microsoft Windows and Mac OS contain many accessibility features that can assist computer users that are blind or vision impaired. A cookie remembers your preferences when you return to the site on subsequent occasions.
Skip to Content Link
A skip to content link is available at the top of every page. This link enables users with screen reading software to skip over navigation links and jump directly to the textual content of a page.
Adjust the Text Size
You can make the text larger or smaller on this site by using the buttons that appear on the upper right area of each page.
You can also use the following options within your browser to adjust text size:
Internet Explorer - Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
1. Go to the ‘View' pull-down menu
2. Go to ‘Text Size'
3. A pop-up menu should appear showing you five different text sizes. Select ‘Larger' or ‘Largest' to increase the text size. Please note this will also increase the text size on many other Internet sites.
Internet Explorer - Windows Vista
1. Hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard
2. Press the ‘+' key to make the text bigger or the ‘-' key to make the text smaller
3. Keep repeating step 2 until the text is at a suitable size
Safari - Mac OS
1. Hold down the ‘Apple' key and press the ‘+' key
2 . Repeat until the text is at a suitable large
Printing a Webpage
All pages on this website can be printed, using the button that is located in the upper right area of each page.
Adjusting the Colours
You can also use the following options within your browser to adjust contrast:
Internet Explorer - Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
1. Go to the ‘Tools' pull-down menu
2. Select ‘Internet Options'
3. In the bottom-left hand corner you will see a ‘Colours' button. Select this button
4. Select the colours that you want by selecting the current colour and then select a new colour
5. Select OK on the ‘Colours' screen
6. Select OK on the ‘Internet Options' screen.
Safari - Mac OS
The easiest way to change the colours is to use the built-in ‘reverse' feature in Mac OS 10.4 Tiger or higher. This will reverse all colours on the screen. This option can be selected by holding down the ‘CTRL', ‘Option' and ‘Apple' keys while pressing the number ‘8'
Repeat step 1 to change the colours back to normal.
Text-to-Speech Access
Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista:
You can purchase an additional software program such as JAWS which will allow your computer to read aloud web pages to you. For more information, please contact us.
Mac OS:
Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and higher have a built-in program called VoiceOver which can read aloud text on your computer screen, including web pages. To turn on VoiceOver, hold down the ‘Apple' key and press the ‘F5' key. Further information about VoiceOver is available on the Apple website.
Plug-ins Requirements
The following is a list of software that you may need to read the documents and files on this web site:
- Must be turned on in your Browser in order for a number of interactive features of our website to work correctly.
o Adobe PDF Reader
o Macromedia Flash Player
- Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
o Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 for Windows, or
o OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
- Microsoft Excel Documents
o Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 for Windows, or
o OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
o Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 for Windows, or
o OpenOffice for Linux, Mac OS X and Window