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Structure and navigation

Each page on the PTSV website consists of five components:

Banner and ancillary navigation - appears on every page on the site, allowing easy navigation to key site functions, and the opportunity to do a quick search of the website.

Breadcrumb - appears on all pages (except the homepage), and shows a path back through the menu system to the current section homepage. You can use this to navigate back to higher level sections you have been to.

Left hand main navigation - always show the major sections of the site and expands to show subcategories. There are up to two levels of subnavigation displayed using different indentation.

The content section - to the right of the left hand side menu is the content section where the majority of information (including these paragraphs) is found. Some pages include links to related pages, websites and downloads in boxes on the right side of the page.

The footer - contains links to information such as the site's terms of use, privacy statement, copyright and disclaimer, site map, help page, home page and the date the page was last reviewed.

Finding information

Each of the documents on this site is fully text indexed. This means you can search for documents by typing in a word, phrase or string of words in to the search box located at the top right of each webpage.

You may also like to use the site map to find the information you require.

Contact us if you are having difficulties locating the information you require.

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Printing webpages

The navigation areas (including the banner, left hand navigation and footer) are automatically removed when you print webpages. This allows the page's content to be printed correctly on A4 paper. It is recommended for best results that print options to display background colours are turned on.

Using the 'Print this page' button, located in the top right of the content area, produces the same results as using your browser's print command.

Browser compatibility

This website has been tested using Internet Explorer version 6.0. A web browser capable of rendering cascading style sheets is needed for optimal viewing. If you experience problems not related to your PC, communications line or Internet Service Provider, please contact us for assistance.

PDF files

Most documents on this site are presented as PDF files. To view them you will need a PDF viewer program installed on your computer.

Visit the Adobe website to download the free Adobe Reader from the Adobe website or talk to your IT service provider for assistance with the software.

If you can not access PDFs, please contact us for access to an alternative version of the information.

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Accessibility

We have not found solutions to all accessibility issues on this website. However, we have designed the site to cause as few problems as possible, using W3C accessibility guidelines. If you require any further information please contact us.

Accessibility features on the site include:

Use of alternative text on all images (except those used only for borders and spacing)
New browser windows only launched for links to external websites, mailing list forms, and online surveys
Use of introductions and/or meaningful titles for tables
Use of bulleted or numbered lists
Use of layout tables limited
Use of JavaScript limited
Use of upper case words limited
Use of PDF files have been limited as much as possible, however many documents on this site are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view PDF files you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download free from the Adobe website. If you are in a workplace environment please consult with your IT people before attempting to install new software. The Adobe Accessibility Resource Center provides tools and information to help make Adobe PDF files accessible to users with visual disabilities. It contains accessibility tools which convert Adobe PDF documents into HTML or ASCII text which can then be read by a number of common screen reading programs that synthesise text as audible speech. Where PDF files exist, they are described in their links.
Use of Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) have been kept to a strict minimum on this site and are used only where content is aimed at a particular audience. If you cannot access these files with your current software, it is possible to download free viewers from the Microsoft Office Downloads page. If you are in a workplace environment please consult with your IT people before attempting to install new software.

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Site navigation using a keyboard only

The following keyboard shortcuts apply to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox running under the Microsoft Windows operating systems. Most of the shortcuts work on Apple Macintosh systems by using the Command key (with the "Apple" logo) instead of the Control (Ctrl) key. Similarly, most shortcuts work on UNIX systems by using the Alt key instead of the control (Ctrl) key.

Action needed	Microsoft Internet Explorer	Mozilla Firefox
Move to next link	Tab	Tab
Move to previous link	Shift tab	Shift tab
Activate a selected link	Enter	Enter
Find text on the current page	Ctrl F	Ctrl F
Find again	Not available	Ctrl G
Go to next page	Shift backspace or Alt right arrow	Alt right arrow
Go to previous page	Backspace or Alt left arrow	Alt left arrow
Move to next frame	Ctrl tab	Not available
Move to previous frame	Shift ctrl tab	Not available
Scroll toward the beginning of a document	Up arrow	Up arrow
Scroll toward the end of a document	Down arrow	Down arrow
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments	Page up	Page up
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments	Page down	Page down
Move to the beginning of a document	Home	Ctrl home
Move to the end of a document	End	Ctrl End
Refresh the current page	F5 or Ctrl R	F5 or Ctrl R
Stop downloading a page	Esc	Esc
Go to a new location	Ctrl O	Ctrl O
Open a new window	Ctrl N	Ctrl N
Add bookmark	Not available	Ctrl D
Print the current page or active frame	Ctrl P	Ctrl P
Select All	Ctrl A	Ctrl A
Copy selection	Ctrl C	Ctrl C
Display a shortcut menu for a hyperlink	Shift F10	Shift F10
Increase font size	Not available	Ctrl ++
Decrease font size	Not available	Ctrl +-
Close the window	Ctrl W	Ctrl W
Quit program	ALT F4	ALT F4

This information was originally developed by Arts Victoria.
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