Web site accessibility tools

Need larger text?

If you're using Internet Explorer, try this:

CTRL +
Hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard (Command key on a Macintosh) and press the + (plus) key to increase the text size. OR
From the View menu, select Text Size, and choose the Larger font sizes until you can easily read the web page.

The Web Accessibility Initiative site provides instructions for other browsers and operating systems.

Using PDF documents

Many of the PDFs on the Metropolitan Council's website are structured to be read properly by screen readers and downloaded as text files. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader for best results.

To use Acrobat Reader's accessibility features, download a copy of the PDF document to your local computer: From the File menu, select Save as and specify where on your computer you would like to save the copy.

Select the PDF document by clicking on it (Adobe Reader should launch) OR start Adobe Reader and browse to the PDF document to open it.

Read Out Loud function

When a document is open in Adobe Reader, from the View menu, select Read Out Loud, then one of the following:

Activate (Shift + CTRL + V)
Read this page only (Shift + CTRL + V)
Read to end of document (Shift + CTRL + B)
Pause (Shift + CTRL + C)
Stop (Shift + CTRL + E)

Prefer text? Save a PDF as a text document

From the File menu, select Save as Text, then indicate

the file type and extension you prefer (the default is .txt) and
where on your computer (i.e. desktop) you would like the file saved.

Problems?

If you are unable to read a PDF document or save a text version successfully, please contact the Council's web team to request the information in an alternate format.