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face="arial,helvetica">TUESDAY<br/>27th July 2010<br/><a href="/web/20100727010346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/education/betsie/parser.pl">Text only</a> </font></td><td width="660"><h1>Accesskeys</h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><a name="startcontent" id="startcontent"></a> <div id="cont"> <p><strong>Access keys</strong> let you navigate around BBC online without using your mouse.</p> <p>They can be used to jump directly to different sections of BBC online or certain areas within a page, without having to move your mouse at all.</p> <h2>Table of accesskeys used on BBC online</h2> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" summary="This table shows the accesskey assignments which apply consistently throughout this site"> <thead> <tr> <th id="keypress" abbr="key" width="25%">Access key</th> <th id="function" abbr="" width="75%">Function</th> </tr> <tr> <td headers="keypress" width="25%">0</td> <td headers="function" width="75%">go to Access Keys documentation page</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td headers="keypress" width="25%">1</td> <td headers="function" width="75%">go to bbc.co.uk Home page</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="keypress" width="25%">2</td> <td headers="function" width="75%">skip to main content of current page (<span class="smaller">for non-visual browsers)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="keypress" width="25%">3</td> <td headers="function" width="75%">go to BBC onlineBBC online Site Map page</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="keypress" width="25%">4</td> <td headers="function" width="75%">go to bbc.co.uk Search box</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="keypress" width="25%">5, 6, 7, 8, 9</td> <td headers="function" width="75%">[reserved for use on individual bbc.co.uk sites - forthcoming]</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>How to use Access Keys in your Browser</h2> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" summary="This table shows the keypresses needed to use access keys in various browsers"> <thead> <tr> <th id="function" abbr="" width="25%">Browser</th> <th id="keypress" abbr="key" width="75%">What to do</th> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Internet Explorer 4 (PC)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Access keys are not supported</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Access keys are not supported</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Netscape 7 (PC)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Firefox, Mozilla (PC)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Firefox, Mozilla (Mac)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Safari and Omniweb (Mac)</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key</td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="function" width="25%">Opera</td> <td headers="keypress" width="75%">Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Notes & feedback</h2> <p>Please note that some assistive technology tools such as the IBM HomePage Reader and WindowEyes already make use of the alt+[<strong>access key</strong>] combinations. As such, users of these tools will not be able to use these <strong>access keys</strong>. </p> <p>These access key assignments are based on research into best practice across the web (in an attempt to be consistent with other sites' access keys), and an understanding of the key global navigation requirements of bbc.co.uk users. </p> <p> If you have any comments on how BBC onlineBBC onlineBBC onlineBBC online could make better use of <strong>access keys</strong>, please email us your <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100727010346/mailto:jonathan.hassell@bbc.co.uk?subject=bbc.co.uk accessibility feedback">feedback</a>.</p> </div> <br clear="all"/><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" lang="en" id="bbcpageTableFooter"><tr><td class="bbcpageFooter" width="770" align="center"><img src="/web/20100727010346im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="770" height="1" alt=""/><br/><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20100727010346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/">About the BBC</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20100727010346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/help/">Help</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20100727010346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/">Terms of Use</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20100727010346/http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/">Privacy & Cookies Policy</a><br/> </font></td></tr></table><br clear="all"/><script src="/web/20100727010346js_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/includes/linktrack.js?2" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>