The Department of Justice (DOJ) is committed to ensuring that information on its website is widely accessible. DOJ will be taking a staged approach to ensure accessibility compliance on its website.
Initially the work will address specific issues such as the use of JavaScript and PDFs throughout the site, then steps will be taken to address all Level AA checkpoints of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
If you have any accessibility problems with the website please let us know by completing the website feedback form or calling 03 8684 0373.
We will attempt to rectify the problem and provide you with any information you require in an alternative format. We are always interested in knowing about your experience of the accessibility of the Department of Justice site.
General Web Accessibility Information
There are many tools that people with a disability can use to assist to access the Internet. These tools are either hardware or software.
Hardware
These tools manipulate the keyboard or mouse, because the person with a disability cannot use them. Examples are:
Software
These tools change how a user interacts with the site. Examples are:
- Screen readers - Programs such as JAWS and Window-Eyes that convert a web site into a Braille display or read it in audio for people who are blind, visually impaired or have dyslexia.
- Screen Magnifiers - Programs that magnify sections of the screen for people with vision impairments. See Windows Screen Magnifier.
- Oversized cursors - Large cursors for people with vision impairments. See "Biggy" cursors.
- Onscreen keyboards - Keyboards for people with motor disabilities used in combination with switching devices. See On-screen keyboard.
- Programs that slow down applications for people with motor disabilities, for example CPU Killer (for Windows).
General Browser Shortcuts
The keyboard shortcuts provided below apply to Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox.
The following keyboard shortcut forms are used throughout the lists below: Ctrl=Control; Esc=Escape; Alt=Alternative; Del= Delete; UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT =Arrow keys.
Where available, the key combinations for Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems have been provided.
| Command | Internet Explorer | Firefox | Opera |
| Add Bookmark | Ctrl/Cmd+D | Ctrl/Cmd+D | Ctrl/Cmd+T |
| Back | Backspace
Alt/Option+<- | Backspace (Win/Linux)
Alt+<- (Win/Linux)
Cmd+<- (Mac) | Backspace
Alt/Option+<-
Ctrl/Cmd+<-
Z |
| Bookmarks | Ctrl/Cmd+I | Ctrl/Cmd+B
Ctrl+I (Win) | F4
Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+B
Ctrl/Cmd+1 |
| Caret Browsing | | F7 | |
| Close Tab | | Ctrl/Cmd+W
Ctrl/Cmd+F4 | Ctrl/Cmd+W
Ctrl/Cmd+F4 |
| Close Window | Ctrl/Cmd+W
Alt/Option+F4 | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+W
Alt/Option+F4 | Ctrl/Cmd+W
Alt/Option+F4 |
| Copy | Ctrl/Cmd+C | Ctrl/Cmd+C | Ctrl/Cmd+C |
| Cut | Ctrl/Cmd+X | Ctrl/Cmd+X | Ctrl/Cmd+X |
| Decrease text size | | Ctrl/Cmd+- | 9 |
| Delete | Del | Del | Del |
| Delete individual form auto-complete entry | Del | Shift+Del | |
| DOM inspector | | Ctrl+Shift+I (Win/Linux) | |
| Downloads | | Ctrl+J (Win)
Ctrl+Y (Linux)
Cmd+J (Mac) | Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+T
Ctrl/Cmd+5 |
| Find again | | Ctrl/Cmd+G
F3 |
F3 |
| Find as you type link | | ' | ,
Shift+/ |
| Find as you type text | | / | /
. |
| Find previous | | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+G
Shift+F3 | Shift+F3 |
| Find in this page | Ctrl/Cmd+F | Ctrl/Cmd+F | Ctrl/Cmd+F |
| Forward | Shift+Backspace
Alt/Option+->
| Shift+Backspace
Alt/Option+-> (Win/Linux)
Cmd+-> (Mac)
| Shift+Backspace
Alt/Option+->
Ctrl/Cmd+->
X
|
| Go down one line | Down | Down | Down |
| Go up one line | Up | Up | Up |
| Go down one page | PageDown | PageDown | PageDown |
| Go up one page | PageUp | PageUp | PageUp |
| Go to bottom of page | End | End | End |
| Go to top of page | Home | Home | Home |
| Full screen | F11 | F11 (Win/Linux) | F11 |
| Help | F1 | F1 (Win/Linux) | F1 |
| History | Ctrl/Cmd+H | Ctrl/Cmd+H | Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+H
Ctrl/Cmd+4 |
| Home page | Alt/Option+Home | Alt/Option+Home | Alt/Option+Home |
| Increase text size | | Ctrl/Cmd++ | 0 |
| Move to next frame | | F6 | |
| More to previous frame | | Shift+F6 | |
| New tab | Ctrl/Cmd+N | Ctrl/Cmd+T | Ctrl/Cmd+N |
| Next tab | Ctrl/Cmd+O | Ctrl+Tab (Win/Linux)
Cmd+Opt+Tab (Mac)
Ctrl/Cmd+PageDown | Ctrl/Cmd+Tab
Alt/Option+PageDown
Ctrl/Cmd+F6
2 |
| New window | Enter/Return | Ctrl/Cmd+N | Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+N |
| Open file | Shift+Enter/Return | Ctrl/Cmd+O | Ctrl/Cmd+O |
| Open link | | Enter/Return | Enter/Return |
| Open link in new tab | Ctrl/Cmd+F3 | Ctrl/Cmd+Enter/Return | |
| Open link in new window | Ctrl/Cmd+V | Shift+Enter/Return | Shift+Enter/Return |
| Open address in new tab | Ctrl/Cmd+P | Alt/Option+Enter/Return | Shift+Enter/Return |
| Page info | Ctrl/Cmd+Y | Ctrl+I (Linux)
Cmd+I (Mac) | Ctrl/Cmd+8 |
| Page source | F5
Ctrl/Cmd+R | Ctrl/Cmd+U | Ctrl/Cmd+F3 |
| Paste | Ctrl/Cmd+F5 | Ctrl/Cmd+V | Ctrl/Cmd+V |
| Previous tab | | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Tab
Ctrl/Cmd+PageUp | Feature Not Available Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Tab
Alt/Option+PageUp
Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F6
1 |
| Print | | Ctrl/Cmd+P | Ctrl/Cmd+P |
| Redo | | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z
Ctrl+Y (Win/Linux) | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z
Ctrl+Y |
| Reload | Ctrl/Cmd+A | F5
Ctrl/Cmd+R | F5
Ctrl/Cmd+R |
| Reload (override cache) | Alt/Option+D
F4
Ctrl/Cmd+Tab | Ctrl/Cmd+F5
Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+R | |
| Restore text size | | Ctrl/Cmd+0 | 6 |
| Save page as | | Ctrl/Cmd+S | Ctrl/Cmd+S |
| Save link target as | | Alt/Option+Enter/Return | |
| Select all | | Ctrl/Cmd+A | Ctrl/Cmd+A |
| Select location bar | Esc | Ctrl/Cmd+L
Alt+D (Win/Linux) | F8 |
| Select next auto-complete entry in text field | Ctrl/Cmd+Z | Down | |
| Select previous auto-complete entry in text field | | Up | |
| Select next search engine in search bar | | Ctrl/Cmd+Down | |
| Select previous search engine in search bar | | Ctrl/Cmd+Up | |
| Select tab [1 to 9] | | Ctrl+[1 to 9] (Win)
Alt+[1 to 9] (Linux)
Cmd+[1 to 9] (Mac) | |
| Stop | | Esc | Esc |
| Undo | | Ctrl/Cmd+Z | Ctrl/Cmd+Z |
Web Search
(Web Search moves the cursor to the Search Bar and only works if the Search Bar is visible. If the Search Bar is hidden, this keyboard shortcut has no effect). | | Ctrl/Cmd+K
Ctrl+J (Linux) | Shift+F8 |
Shortcuts for Internet Explorer
Details of shortcuts for various versions of Internet Explorer can be obtained from the Microsoft website.
Shortcuts for Opera
Source: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard
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For Support in Internet explorer 6.0, see Microsoft iE6 Home.
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Acknowledgements
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