The accessibility wizard guides you through the set up
process to tailor the computer setting to suit your needs.Microsoft has included in its system accessibility for people with disabilities, this is accessed by selecting start, all programs, and accessories. A menu is displayed enabling several options as shown in the image below.
The accessibility wizard guides you through the set up
process to tailor the computer setting to suit your needs.
TOPAP has included 19 inch monitors on all of the workstations to assist older people and vision impaired people.
The larger the screen the easier it is for older people to view the information displayed, and this reduces the 'noddy affect' for people using bifocal glasses.
The size of the text and icons can be changed to accommodate
vision impaired people.
This is achieved through the 'Display Properties' 'Appearance' tab by changing the 'Scheme' option as shown in the picture on the left.
There are a number of options available, we have found the 'High contrast (extra large)' suitable for most people.
The idea of enlarging the text to allow VIP people comfort in viewing the screen. If they are still having problems viewing the screen contents there is a magnifier that can be adjusted to enlarge portion of the screen to enable visual access.
Options are available to change magnification level the image below displays only part of the possibilities.
These settings can be programmed into a user format.
This is to reduce the need to change the visual setting every time a visual impaired person wishes to use the computer.
TOPAP has this option as part of its options of user logons.
TOPAP has included 2 touch screens attached to both Ernie and Miss Piggy. Cursor movement can be achieved using any finger to move the cursor or select options by touching the screen.
These are designed for
people with disabilities in using a mouse, track ball and/or keyboard.
An on screen keyboard can be used to assist people to create documents in word processor programs.
This keyboard is activated through the accessibility options on the start menu. Choose the On-Screen Keyboard and the keyboard will be displayed at the base of the current desktop.
Note: To see the keys in this document download the following font (keys.ttf) right click here, select "save target as" save to My documents, then install it into the windows fonts folder in the control panel.
Computer users had little choice in keyboard or mouse usage prior to the introduction to Windows '95. The use of the keyboard was mandatory to control or start programs. Most computer operators were trained in the keyboard usage and had little or no mouse usage as programs were not written to employ the mouse.
Most programs employed key combination short cuts to enable formatting of the text and data input and manipulation.
The keyboard shortcuts were continued to enable people that were use to using the keyboard over the mouse. Most typists found the keyboard short cuts beneficial over the mouse usage as they could access options from the keyboard.
Most of the short cuts are accessible from the drop down menus in most programs and with key combinations namely the a and c keys. They have been divided into several groups.
General Windows Keys:-
| To | Press |
| Activates the menu bar in program | ) |
| Carry out the command on the menu | a + underlined letter in menu |
| Close the current window when multiple window are open | c + $ |
| Close the current window or quit a program | a + $ |
| Copy | c + C |
| Cut | c + X |
| Delete | d |
| Display help on the selected dialog box item | ! |
| Display the current window’s system menu | a + } |
| Display the shortcut menu for the selected item | s + ) |
| Display the start menu | c + v |
| Paste | c + V |
| Switch to the window you last used | a + t |
| Or | |
| Switch to another window by holding down the ALT while repeatedly pressing TAB | |
| Undo | c + Z |
For the Desktop, My Computer & Windows Explorer:
When an item is selected, you can use the shortcut keys shown in the following table.
| To | Press |
| Bypass AutoPlay when inserting a CD | s while inserting the CD |
| Copy a file | c while dragging file |
| Create a shortcut | c + s while dragging the file |
| Delete an item immediately without placing in the Recycle Bin | s + d |
| Display Find: All files | # |
| Refresh the contents of a window | % |
| Rename an item | " |
| Select all items | c + A |
| View an item’s properties | a + e |
For My Computer and Windows Explorer Only:
| To | Press |
| Close the selected folder and all of its parent Folders | s whilst clicking the close button |
| Move backward to a previous view | a + w |
| Move forward to a previous view | a + x |
| View the page one level up | b |
Other shortcut keys are displayed in the drop down menus of relevant programs.