Accessibility features help users with physical disabilities, such
as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products
successfully.
Use the major accessibility features in this product to complete the following
actions:
- Use assistive technologies, such as screen-reader software and digital
speech synthesizer, to use what is displayed on the screen.
Consult the
product documentation of the assistive technology for details on using those
technologies with this product.
- Operate specific or equivalent features using the keyboard only.
Use
the following keyboard combinations to navigate the information center.
- To go directly to the right Topic pane, press Alt+K, and then press Tab.
- In the Topic pane, to go from link to link, press Tab.
- To move to the Contents (navigation) view, complete one of the following
actions:
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer, press Alt+C, then press Enter or the
Up Arrow.
- For Firefox, press Alt+C.
- To move to the Search Results view, complete one of the following actions:
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer, press Alt+R, then press Enter or the
Up Arrow.
- For Firefox, press Alt+R.
- To expand or collapse a node in the navigation tree, press the Right or
Left Arrows.
- To move to the next topic node, press the Down Arrow or Tab.
- To move to the previous topic node, press the Up Arrow or Shift+Tab.
- To go to the next link, button, or topic node from inside one of the views,
press Tab.
- To scroll to the beginning or end of a pane, press Home or End.
- To move to the previous topic, press Alt+Left Arrow; to move to the next
topic, press Alt+Right Arrow.
- To go to the next pane, press F6. To move to the previous pane, press
Shift+F6.
- To print the active pane, press Ctrl+P.
- To use Open Quick Menu to search or print a topic and its subtopics:
- Open the menu by pressing Alt+M on a topic in the Content (navigation)
view.
- Move to the previous item on the menu by pressing the Up arrow.
- Move to the next item on the menu by pressing the Down arrow.
- Select an item on the menu by moving to the item and pressing Enter.
- Close the menu by pressing Esc.
- Magnify what is displayed on the screen.
Consult your Web browser documentation
for information on how to change the text size.
The information center documentation includes the following
additional features to aid accessibility:
- The documentation is available in HTML formats to help users apply screen-reader
software technology.
- Images in the documentation are provided with alternative text so that
users with vision impairments can use the contents of the images.