Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability,
such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information
technology products successfully.
Accessibility features
The following list includes
the major accessibility features in IBM® Lotus® Symphony™.
- Keyboard-only operation
- Interfaces that are commonly used by screen readers
- Customization of display attributes, such as font size
- On Linux® operating systems,
the user interface is scalable through your window manager settings.
The default font size for windows is 12 point, corresponding to a
scale of 100%. You can also change the font size for windows using .
Keyboard navigation
This product uses standard Microsoft® Windows® navigation keys in addition to application
specific keys
Interface information
IBM Lotus Symphony automatically
uses the system font and colors, and automatically detects a change
to high-contrast mode.
Note: IBM Lotus Symphony Help uses the system font in its
navigation views, such as the Table of Contents, Index, and Search.
You can make the font size in these views larger by making the system
font larger. For example, on Windows operating
systems you can use the Control Panel's Display (Appearance tab)
settings to choose a larger font size.
You can also set accessibility
preferences specific to IBM Lotus Symphony by clicking . The options include:
- Use text selection cursor in read-only text documents -
Displays the cursor in read-only documents.
- Allow animated graphics - Previews animated
graphics, such as GIF images.
- Allow animated text - Previews animated
text, such as blinking and scrolling.
- Help tips disappear after - Hides the help
tips after the number of seconds that you enter. Otherwise, help tips
are displayed until you press the Esc key, or move the cursor.
- Seconds - Enter the number of seconds to
display the help tips. The default value is 5 seconds. You can enter
any integer between 1 and 100.
Activating the toolbar and menu bar
Repeatedly
pressing Ctrl+Tab switches the focus, and cycles through every toolbar.
Press
Shift+Ctrl+Tab to switch through toolbars in the opposite direction.
Press
F10(Mac special use) to
switch to the menu bar and back.
The Esc key closes an open
submenu, a floating toolbar, or the current free window.