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Find out more about our site and its features.
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Site features
You can also find out more about this website's accessibility.
If you need more help, please contact us.
Navigation
You can use different types of navigation to move through this site.
Utility navigation
The first level of navigation for all pages on this site is the utility navigation at the top right of each page.
From here you can link to:
Home - home page of the Premier's website.
Contact us - contact information for the Premier's office and general Queensland Government enquiries.
Site map - an index of the pages within our site.
Search - enter keywords in the box to search for information on this website.
Primary navigation
The next level of navigation is the primary navigation, which is directly under the horizontal image banner on each page. Each section contains related information.
To view the contents of a section, move your mouse over the link to see a list of topics and pick the topic you want.
Secondary navigation
If a site section has a lot of information, secondary navigation will be introduced. This secondary navigation is specific to each section on the site. It’s listed in the left-hand column of a page.
Open and close the menus by selecting the [+] or [-] symbol to the left of each menu item where available.
Features
Some pages on this site have a right-hand column that includes links to information that may interest you, such as quick links and important phone numbers.
Footer
From the footer you can link to our legal notices.
Logical tab order
This website has a logical tab order for navigating without a mouse. Use the tab key on your keyboard to move to the next link or field. Use shift-tab to move backwards, and the enter key to follow links and submit forms. Most browsers support these functions.
Search
The site search is in the top right hand corner of all web pages on this site.
To search the site, enter one or more words in the search box and select ‘go’ (or press the ‘enter’ key on your keyboard).
You don't need to use capital letters because the search function is not case sensitive. Using words such as ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ or ‘of’ won’t improve the search results.
Any documents containing all your search words will be displayed first, followed by documents that contain some of your words.
Each result will include:
- a number indicating its position in the ranking
- the document title, shown as a link
- a short summary of the document
- the web address of the information, shown as a link
- the size of the document in kilobytes.
Site map
The site map is an index of the main sections of the Premier's website. It is useful for finding information about a specific topic on the site. View the site map.
Skip links
If you're using assistive technology to browse this site, such as a screen reader, skip links are provided at the start of the page to allow you to move quickly to key information, including the primary navigation, secondary navigation or content. The links are not visible in a graphical browser.
Screen contrast
You can view the Premier's website content in either standard or high contrast. Standard contrast is the default view.
High contrast has:
- white writing on dark background
- larger default text size
- some decorative graphics removed
If you're using a mobile device, using the high contrast version might make it easier for you to read.
Choose high contrast
Text resizing
You can make the text larger or smaller on this site or on any website you visit by changing the settings on your computer.
To check which version of internet browser is installed on your machine:
- Open your browser.
- Select Help from the top menu of your browser.
- Select About (followed by your browser name) from the drop down list.
The screen that comes up will display which browser and version you’re using.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0
Select View, select Text size from the menu and choose a size from the options Largest to Smallest.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh)
Click View, select Text Zoom and choose a size from the options 50% - 300% or Larger or Smaller.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0
Select View, select Internet Options from the menu. Choose Fonts and change the size to Small or Large.
- Netscape 4.0, 6.0 and 9.0
Select Edit and select Preferences from the menu and a new window will open. Select Appearance from the left hand side menu within the new window. Under Fonts reset the size (for example, 10, 12, 14 and so on).
- Firefox 2.0 or 3.0
Select View, select Text Size from the menu and select Increase or Decrease.
- Safari 3.0 and 3.1
Select View and then select Make Text Bigger to increase the font size or Make Text Smaller to reduce the font size.
- To add and use shortcuts in the address bar
Select View and then select Text size. Two new buttons will appear next to the refresh button, a small A and a larger A. Select the large A to increase the font size or the small A to reduce it.
- Opera
Select View and select Zoom from the menu, and then select a size from the list.
Viewing and downloading PDF files
To view and print portable document format (PDF) files you can download the Adobe Reader for free from the Adobe website (non-government site).
Use the Adobe Reader to:
- view a document by selecting the link text; the document will load into the reader
- save a document for later viewing by right-clicking your mouse on the link text and selecting Save Target As and saving the file in your preferred location.
If you have a Macintosh with a single button mouse, save a document for later viewing by holding down the control key while you click your mouse on the link text. Select Save Link As or Download Link to Disk and save the file in your preferred location.
To convert PDFs to HTML or text formats use the Adobe PDF files online conversion tools (non-government site).
Viewing, saving and printing Microsoft Office files
To view, save and print Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files you will need either Microsoft Office, or the free Microsoft Office Online viewers, installed on your computer. You can download the free Microsoft Office Online viewers from the links below:
To view Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, select the link text. The document will load into the reader.
To save Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, save a document for later viewing by right-clicking your mouse on the link text and selecting Save Target As and saving the file in your preferred location.
If you have a Macintosh with a single button mouse, save a document for later viewing by holding down the control key while you click your mouse on the link text. Select Save Link As or Download Link to Disk and save the file in your preferred location.
Last updated Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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