If you have difficulty reading the text on our website, you can increase or decrease
the text-size by clicking on the AAA icons on the top right corner of the webpage.
Alternately, you can also adjust the text-size setting of your browser in the following
way:
Internet Explorer: Change the text size setting in your browser by clicking on the
View menu. Then, click on Text Size and select the size you require.
Firefox: Change the size of the text in your browser by clicking on the View menu.
Then, select Increase or Decrease to change the text size. Alternatively you can press
´Ctrl´ and ´+´ keys on the numeric keypad to increase the text size, or ´Ctrl´ and
´-´ (minus) keys to decrease the text size. Pressing ´Ctrl´ and ´0´ returns you to
the default size.
Google Chrome: Change the text size in your browser by clicking on the main menu.
Then, click on Zoom and adjust the text-size. Alternatively you can press ´Ctrl´ and
´+´ keys on the numeric keypad to increase the text size, or ´Ctrl´ and ´-´ (minus)
to decrease the text size. Pressing ´Ctrl´ and ´0´ returns you to the default size.
Opera: Change the size of both text and graphics using the ´+´ and ´-´ (minus) keys
on the numeric keypad. Each press will increase or decrease the size by 10 percent.
Safari: To change text size in the safari, click on the View menu. Then click on Make
Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller to change the font size as you like. You can also
use the keyboard shortcuts: Increase or decrease the text size with ´Apple´ and ´+´
and ´Apple´ and ´-´ (minus) keys.
The best screen display resolution for UAEU’s web is 1280x1024 or higher.
In order to control the resolution of your screen, follow the steps below:
Open Screen Resolution by clicking the Start button
Clicking Control Panel
Under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution
Click the drop-down list next to Resolution, move the slider to the Recommended option, and then click Keep changes.
Close the Control Panel by selecting the Close Button
Microsoft Excel (xls) files
If you do not have Microsoft Excel on your computer, you can download the Excel Viewer
2003 from Microsoft for free. Excel Viewer 2003 lets you view, print and copy tables
downloaded in Excel format. You may use this to export these files to another spreadsheet
application.
Microsoft Word (doc) files
If you do not have Microsoft Word 97 or higher on your computer, you can download
the Word File Viewer from Microsoft for free. Word Viewer 2003 lets you view, print
and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. This download is a
replacement for Word 97 Viewer and all previous Word Viewer versions.
PDF files
PDF files display books and other documents in a printable and viewable format. To
view or print a PDF, you need Adobe Reader installed. You can download the Adobe Reader.
Converting PDF files to accessible HTML
Adobe provide a free simple online PDF conversion tool for blind and visually impaired
users. To use this tool with documents on our website:
Find and open PDF you would like to convert.
Open the conversion tool in a new window.
Copy URL (address or location) of the PDF.
Paste URL into URL field on conversion page.
Click GET THIS ADOBE PDF DOCUMENT AS HTML button.
For more information about Adobe's accessibility features.
