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General Web Accessibility Information

There are many tools that people with a disability can use to assist to access the Internet. These tools are either hardware or software.

Hardware

These tools manipulate the keyboard or mouse, because the person with a disability cannot use them. Examples are:

Refreshable Braille displays - A small Braille display that a blind person can use to read the screen line by line.
Joysticks / Trackballs - Pointers that manipulate the mouse onscreen for people with motor disabilities.
Alternative keyboards - Keyboards that have limited keys for people with motor disabilities. These include keyboards manipulated by fingers and keyboards manipulated using a head-wand.

Software

These tools change how a user interacts with the site. Examples are:

Screen readers - Programs such as JAWS and Window-Eyes that convert a web site into a Braille display or read it in audio for people who are blind, visually impaired or have dyslexia.
Screen Magnifiers - Programs that magnify sections of the screen for people with vision impairments. See Windows Screen Magnifier.
Oversized cursors - Large cursors for people with vision impairments. See "Biggy" cursors.
Onscreen keyboards - Keyboards for people with motor disabilities used in combination with switching devices. See On-screen keyboard.
Programs that slow down applications for people with motor disabilities, for example CPU Killer (for Windows).

General Browser Shortcuts

The keyboard shortcuts provided below apply to Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox.

The following keyboard shortcut forms are used throughout the lists below: Ctrl=Control; Esc=Escape; Alt=Alternative; Del= Delete; UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT =Arrow keys.

Where available, the key combinations for Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems have been provided.

Key combinations for Web Browsers
Command	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Opera
Add Bookmark	Ctrl/Cmd+D	Ctrl/Cmd+D	Ctrl/Cmd+T
Back	Backspace Alt/Option+<-	Backspace (Win/Linux) Alt+<- (Win/Linux) Cmd+<- (Mac)	Backspace Alt/Option+<- Ctrl/Cmd+<- Z
Bookmarks	Ctrl/Cmd+I	Ctrl/Cmd+B Ctrl+I (Win)	F4 Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+B Ctrl/Cmd+1
Caret Browsing		F7
Close Tab		Ctrl/Cmd+W Ctrl/Cmd+F4	Ctrl/Cmd+W Ctrl/Cmd+F4
Close Window	Ctrl/Cmd+W Alt/Option+F4	Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+W Alt/Option+F4	Ctrl/Cmd+W Alt/Option+F4
Copy	Ctrl/Cmd+C	Ctrl/Cmd+C	Ctrl/Cmd+C
Cut	Ctrl/Cmd+X	Ctrl/Cmd+X	Ctrl/Cmd+X
Decrease text size		Ctrl/Cmd+-	9
Delete	Del	Del	Del
Delete individual form auto-complete entry	Del	Shift+Del
DOM inspector		Ctrl+Shift+I (Win/Linux)
Downloads		Ctrl+J (Win) Ctrl+Y (Linux) Cmd+J (Mac)	Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+T Ctrl/Cmd+5
Find again		Ctrl/Cmd+G F3	F3
Find as you type link		'	, Shift+/
Find as you type text		/	/ .
Find previous		Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+G Shift+F3	Shift+F3
Find in this page	Ctrl/Cmd+F	Ctrl/Cmd+F	Ctrl/Cmd+F
Forward	Shift+Backspace Alt/Option+->	Shift+Backspace Alt/Option+-> (Win/Linux) Cmd+-> (Mac)	Shift+Backspace Alt/Option+-> Ctrl/Cmd+-> X
Go down one line	Down	Down	Down
Go up one line	Up	Up	Up
Go down one page	PageDown	PageDown	PageDown
Go up one page	PageUp	PageUp	PageUp
Go to bottom of page	End	End	End
Go to top of page	Home	Home	Home
Full screen	F11	F11 (Win/Linux)	F11
Help	F1	F1 (Win/Linux)	F1
History	Ctrl/Cmd+H	Ctrl/Cmd+H	Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+H Ctrl/Cmd+4
Home page	Alt/Option+Home	Alt/Option+Home	Alt/Option+Home
Increase text size		Ctrl/Cmd++	0
Move to next frame		F6
More to previous frame		Shift+F6
New tab	Ctrl/Cmd+N	Ctrl/Cmd+T	Ctrl/Cmd+N
Next tab	Ctrl/Cmd+O	Ctrl+Tab (Win/Linux) Cmd+Opt+Tab (Mac) Ctrl/Cmd+PageDown	Ctrl/Cmd+Tab Alt/Option+PageDown Ctrl/Cmd+F6 2
New window	Enter/Return	Ctrl/Cmd+N	Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+N
Open file	Shift+Enter/Return	Ctrl/Cmd+O	Ctrl/Cmd+O
Open link		Enter/Return	Enter/Return
Open link in new tab	Ctrl/Cmd+F3	Ctrl/Cmd+Enter/Return
Open link in new window	Ctrl/Cmd+V	Shift+Enter/Return	Shift+Enter/Return
Open address in new tab	Ctrl/Cmd+P	Alt/Option+Enter/Return	Shift+Enter/Return
Page info	Ctrl/Cmd+Y	Ctrl+I (Linux) Cmd+I (Mac)	Ctrl/Cmd+8
Page source	F5 Ctrl/Cmd+R	Ctrl/Cmd+U	Ctrl/Cmd+F3
Paste	Ctrl/Cmd+F5	Ctrl/Cmd+V	Ctrl/Cmd+V
Previous tab		Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Tab Ctrl/Cmd+PageUp	Feature Not Available Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Tab Alt/Option+PageUp Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F6 1
Print		Ctrl/Cmd+P	Ctrl/Cmd+P
Redo		Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y (Win/Linux)	Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y
Reload	Ctrl/Cmd+A	F5 Ctrl/Cmd+R	F5 Ctrl/Cmd+R
Reload (override cache)	Alt/Option+D F4 Ctrl/Cmd+Tab	Ctrl/Cmd+F5 Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+R
Restore text size		Ctrl/Cmd+0	6
Save page as		Ctrl/Cmd+S	Ctrl/Cmd+S
Save link target as		Alt/Option+Enter/Return
Select all		Ctrl/Cmd+A	Ctrl/Cmd+A
Select location bar	Esc	Ctrl/Cmd+L Alt+D (Win/Linux)	F8
Select next auto-complete entry in text field	Ctrl/Cmd+Z	Down
Select previous auto-complete entry in text field		Up
Select next search engine in search bar		Ctrl/Cmd+Down
Select previous search engine in search bar		Ctrl/Cmd+Up
Select tab [1 to 9]		Ctrl+[1 to 9] (Win) Alt+[1 to 9] (Linux) Cmd+[1 to 9] (Mac)
Stop		Esc	Esc
Undo		Ctrl/Cmd+Z	Ctrl/Cmd+Z
Web Search (Web Search moves the cursor to the Search Bar and only works if the Search Bar is visible. If the Search Bar is hidden, this keyboard shortcut has no effect).		Ctrl/Cmd+K Ctrl+J (Linux)	Shift+F8

Shortcuts for Internet Explorer

Details of shortcuts for various versions of Internet Explorer can be obtained from the Microsoft website:

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard/keyboardresults.asp?Product=26

Shortcuts for Firefox

Source: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard

Display and Readability

Internet Explorer 6 includes numerous options to make things easier to see on the computer screen, or to adjust to your visual preferences including:

Increase or Decrease the Font Size of Web Pages Displayed on Screen
Ignore Colors, Font Styles, or Font Sizes Specified on Web Pages
Select a Font Style for Web Pages that Do Not Have a Specified Text Font
Select Text and Background Colors of Web Pages
Select Link Colors
Select Hover Link Colors
Format Web Pages Using a Custom Style Sheet
Always Expand ALT Text for Images
Turn On or Turn Off Smooth Scrolling
Turn On or Turn Off Play Animations in Web Pages
Turn On or Turn Off Play Videos in Web Pages
Turn On or Turn Off Show Pictures
Turn On or Turn Off Print Background Colors and Images
Move System Caret with Focus/Selection Change
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/ie6/default.aspx

Acknowledgements

The information above has been sourced from:

Multi Media Victoria
the websites of the various commercial browsers.

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