Accessibility options
Last Updated :
07 July 2010
QFC is committed to ensuring we provide an equal service to all our users and with providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience. We place the end user at the heart of everything we do and this extends to ensuring an accessible and usable solution is offered.
The website has been coded following the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The following accessibility features are available on this website:
CSS - This website has been developed using cascading style sheets.
IMAGES - All content images within this website have alternative text associated with them.
TEXT SIZES - The website has been developed to allow user control over the text sizes. You can change the text size in Microsoft Internet Explorer by selecting View > Text size followed by your preferred text size from 'Smallest' to 'Largest'. The default setting is 'Medium'. Text can changed in Mozilla Firefox by selecting View > Text size followed by 'Increase' or 'Decrease'. To return the text size to its default setting, select 'Normal'.
CHANGING COLOURS - You can change the website's background colour as well as the colour of the body copy. If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, go into TOOLS | INTERNET OPTIONS | ACCESSIBILITY first and check the box that says "Ignore colors specified on web pages". Then please also go into TOOLS | INTERNET OPTIONS | COLORS and uncheck the box that says "Use Windows colours" before selecting the colours you want to use. If you use Netscape Navigator, go to the Edit menu, select Preferences, open the Appearance menu and select Colours. You can set the colour of text and background from here.
NAVIGATION AIDS - This website also includes options to skip past the navigation to the content on each page.
ACCESS KEYS - Access keys have been incorporated into this website and provide an alternative to the standard navigation.
To use the access keys press the "alt" key together with the relevant letter below, then press "enter". Macintosh users should press the "Ctrl" key together with the access key, then "enter".
- 0 Search
- 1 Home page
- 2 Why Qatar
- 3 About QFC
- 4 Regulatory Authority
- 5 Media Centre
- 6 Public Register
Note that access keys are only supported by the following browsers: MS Internet Explorer 4 and above and Netscape 6x versions.
CONTACT US If you have experienced any problems with accessing this website please contact us on: info@qfc.com.qa