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Access Keys

Access Keys (keyboard shortcuts) for this site are as follows:

Key Location
0 This page - list of access keys
s Skip navigation, goto the content
1 Department home page
2 News and Events
3 Site map
4 Search
5 Support
6 How to contact and find us
7 Home page
8 Home page
9 How to contact and find us

How to use Access Keys

This depends on your operating system and browser:

Firefox 2 (windows)

Press and hold the ALT key and the SHIFT Key and then press access key.

Internet Explorer v5+ (windows)

Press and hold the ALT key, press the Access Key, release and then press ENTER.

Internet Explorer v5+ (macintosh)

Press and hold Control and then press the Access Key.

Internet Explorer v4.x (windows)

Press and hold the ALT key, press the Access Key of your choice.

Mozilla or Netscape v6+ (windows)

Press and hold the ALT key, then press the Access Key of your choice.

Please note that Access Keys are not supported by Opera or earlier versions of the above web browsers.

Browsing using the Tab key

Provided it is supported by your browser, you can scroll through the links on the page using the Tab key to go forward and Shift-Tab to go back. To activate a highlighted link press Enter.

Drop-down menus

To open a drop-down menu, press the "Alt" key and the down-arrow key simultaneously. Use the down-arrow and up-arrow to select the required option, then press Enter, Tab to go to the "Go" button and then Enter to activate the link.