Introduction¶

Website visitors can use PageAssist to adjust the view to suit special visual and navigational preferences. This document provides information about how the settings can be adjusted to meet accessibility requirements.

Instructions¶

The PageAssist icon appears on the website after you accepts or reject cookies. Hover the mouse pointer over the PageAssist icon for an expanded view of the button with descriptive text: Discover your personalization options.

1. Click the PageAssist button. The Personalization Options window opens.

   

Language¶

This section gives instructions for end users on how they can change the PageAssist language.

Click the drop-down arrow in the Language field at the top of the window to expand the PageAssist language list. Select the desired language.

Personalization options¶

This section gives instructions for end users on how they can make the following adjustments to the website appearance:

• Font: Click repeatedly to navigate through the fonts to: Sans Serif, Serif, or OpenDyslexic.
• Font size: Click repeatedly to increase the text size up to 500%.
• Text spacing: Click repeatedly to increase the text spacing to up to 5px.
• Cursor size: Click to change the cursor size from Default to Big.
• Contrast: Click repeatedly to change the contrast to Dark Mode, Invert Colors, or Grayscale.
• Highlight Elements: Click repeatedly to change highlighted elements to Links, Headings, Buttons, or All.

• CSS: Click to turn CSS OFF or ON.

  For more information, see the user guide article:

  PageAssist and CSS Selectors.

• Focus: Click repeatedly to change focus to Emphasis or Reading Guide.
• Media: Force pause all Multimedia with a pause/play button.
• Animations: Turn the switch OFF or ON.
• Audio: Turn the switch OFF or ON.
• Hide Images: Click to enable Hide Images
• Alternative Text: Click to enable alternative text when hovering with the mouse pointer.
• Reset View: Click to revert to the default page view.
• Information: Click for more information about PageAssist.
• Site Menu: Click to view only site headers, landmarks, or links.
• Accessibility Statement: Click to navigate to the company accessibility statement.
• Keyboard Navigation: Click to select Keyboard navigation for the page. See a list of keyboard bindings as well as keyboard shortcuts for all PageAssist settings.

Click X to exit the Personalization Options window and return to the website.

Additional resources¶

For instructions on how to set up PageAssist on your website, see the admin article collection:

PageAssist setup.