Help Contents
Access Keys
Customising your browser
Changing the background and text colour on the website
Changing the font size
Changing the font style
Search tips
Advanced Search
Order of results
Access Keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on
the web site. If using a Windows operating system
you can press ALT + an access key; using a Macintosh operating system, you
can press Control + an access key. Pressing
ENTER will take you to that page.
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Alt + H - Home
- Alt + N - News
- Alt + F - Nominate a Site
- Alt + C - Contact
- Alt + M - Sitemap
- Alt + S - Search
- Alt + G - Go
The homepage aslo defines the following keys:
- Alt + A - About
- Alt + 0 - Accessibility
- Alt + P - Privacy
- Alt + U - User guide and help page
- Alt + Z - Advanced search option
Customising your browser
You can use the access keys to make navigating the website easier, but you may wish to make the pages easier to read by changing the background colour, text colour, font size and font style on your browser.
You can remove all the styles defined got the site.
To do this in Internet Explorer:
- Click on the 'Tools' menu.
- Click on the 'Internet Options' menu.
- Click on the 'Accessibility' button(at the bottom of the 'General 'tab'.)
You will see the following options:
- Ignore colours specified on Web pages
- Ignore font styles specified on Web pages
- Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages
- Tick all the option that you would like to apply
- Click OK.
Changing the background and text colour on the website
In Internet explorer:
- Click on the 'Tools' menu item.
- Click on the 'Internet Options' menu item.
- Click on the 'Accessibility' button (at the bottom of the 'General' tab)
- Tick the 'Ignore colours specified on Web pages' option.
- Click 'OK' to save your settings and return to the Internet options screen.
- Click on 'Colors….'
- Untick 'Use windows colors'.
- Select your preferred text and background colours.
- Click 'OK' to save your settings and return to the options screen.
- Click 'OK' again to close the 'Internet options' screen.
Changing the font size
In Internet Explorer:
Click on the 'View' menu.
- Click on 'text size'.
- Select the text size you would like to change to (such as 'Largest').
In Firefox:
Click on the 'View' menu.
- Click on 'Text size'.
- Click in 'Increase' or 'Decrease' until the text size is right for you.
- Click on 'Normal' to return the text size to the web page default.
Changing the font style
In Internet explorer:
- Click on the 'Tools' menu.
- Click on 'Internet options'.
- Click on the 'Accessibility' button (at the bottom of the 'General' tab)
- Tick the 'Ignore font styles specified on Web pages' option.
- Click 'OK' to save your settings and return to the Internet options screen.
- Click on 'Fonts'.
- Select the font you want to use.
- Click 'OK' to save your settings and return to the Internet options screen.
- Click 'OK' again to close the Internet options screen.
In Firefox:
- Click on the 'Tools' menu.
- Click on 'Options'.
- Click on 'Fonts & Colors…'.
- Decide if you want to use serif or sans-serif font. If you choose to use a serif font (such as Times New Roman), select the font you want to use from the serif drop down list. If you choose to use a sans-serif font (such as Arial), select the font of your choice from the sans serif drop down list and tick the 'Always use my Fonts' check box.
- Click 'OK' button to return to the Internet options screen.
Search Tips
The Search facility can be accessed from the Search box on the menu bar at the top of all pages within the site. The Search allows you to search the full database records for all Glasgow's Health Hub resources.
- Enter a keyword or words into the Search box and select from the drop
down menu the option required for your search.
The default setting of "All Words" will automatically add "and" to your search terms and the search results are not affected by the order in which your search words are entered. - For example, if you enter the search term "cancer treatments" the search function will look for all records where the words "cancer" and "treatments" occur. The results will also include results where the search terms occur in the order in which you have entered them. To make it easier to identify those results the search function will highlight the search terms where they occur in bold text.
- The results would be the same if you were to enter the keywords "treatments cancer" but as it is unlikely that the words would occur in that order as a phrase you will not find the words highlighted in bold text.
- If you want to narrow your search results then select the "Exact Phrase" option from the drop down menu beside the Search box. The search facility will now only return results where the specific phrase you have entered occurs e.g. "cancer treatments".
Advanced Search
If you have not found the information you require from browsing the topic list or by using the search engine, then Glasgow's Health Hub provides the facility for you to extend your search to a more extensive database which incorporates resources aimed at health professionals, clinicians and the general public.
Order of results
Regardless of the search or browse option you choose to use, results will be displayed in the following order. Glasgow results will always be listed first, followed by those originating from Scotland, United Kingdom, United States, Europe and Worldwide.