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Practical Tips for making IdoWedo.co.uk usable for everyone.

Resizable Text

If you find the text on IdoWedo.co.uk too small to read, you can use your web browser to increase the size to be more legible. Hold down the CTRL button and then press + the more you press it the more it will increase. You can also decrease the size by pushing the - button again while holding down CTRL. To return to the default size simply hold CTRL and then press 0.

High Contrast View

The clever folk at Microsoft have enabled a 'high contrast view' for visitors using Windows. To enable this option simply hold down the LEFT ALT key and the LEFT SHIFT key then press the PRINT SCREEN key on the top right, it will look like this 'PRTSC' you will now see your machine switch to high contrast. To go back to normal, simply do the same again.

Accessability Shortcuts

• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimises all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed

• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

Dialog box keyboard commands

• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item

Screen Reader Software

We've worked hard when building IdoWedo.co.uk to make sure the code behind the scenes is as semantic as possible.

This means that for screen readers the code has a 'meaning' therefore area's of IdoWedo.co.uk is correctly identified and thus the screen reader let's the user know exactly what parts of the website are. For example. the menu is identified as a menu and as a list, rather than just being clickable images or text.

Browsing With The Keyboard

It is possible to use IdoWedo.co.uk by using the keyboard, rather than a mouse or other pointing device. This can be done by using the TAB key to move forward through the links on the page, and Shift-TAB to move backwards. Pressing the Space Bar will select form elements such as tick boxes and pressing the Return key will activate any link you are focused on.

Accessible Technology

There are numerous computer products designed to make computers and software easier to use for disabled people, including screen reading software, larger keyboards and more. If you find a computer difficult to use, you may find some helpful information at the Direct Gov website.