Adjusting Settings to Your Needs and Preferences: Accessibility Options
You can adjust settings to meet your needs and preferences in the Control Panel of Windows XP Professional.
Adjusting Accessibility Options
Using just one icon in the Control Panel—Accessibility Options—you can adjust most of the accessibility settings all in one place
The accessibility features are arranged under five tabs in Accessibility Options.
Control Panel: Accessibility Options
In this section, see step by step tutorials for:
Keyboard tab
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StickyKeys: Press One Key at a Time for Key Combinations
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FilterKeys: Ignore Brief or Repeated Keystrokes and Slow Down the Repeat Rate
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ToggleKeys: Hear Tones When Pressing Certain Keys
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Show Extra Keyboard Help in Programs
Sound tab:
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SoundSentry: Get Visual Warnings for System Sounds
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ShowSounds: Display Captions for Speech and Sounds
Display tab:
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High Contrast: Choose a High Contrast Color Combination to Improve Screen Resolution
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Choose the Width and Blink Rate of the Cursor
Mouse tab:
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MouseKeys: Control the Pointer Using the numeric Keypad
General tab:
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SerialKeys: Use an Alternative Input Device Instead of a Keyboard or Mouse
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Turn Off Accessibility Features after Specified Idle Time
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Get Visual Notification when Turning a Feature On
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Get Sound Notification when Turning a Feature On or Off
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Apply All Accessibility Settings to Logon Desktop
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Apply All Settings to Defaults for New Users
Additional settings related to accessibility needs and preferences can be accessed through other Control Panel icons in addition to Accessibility Options—see the following sections later in this chapter for further information.
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Adjusting Display Options
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Adjusting Mouse Options
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Adjusting Keyboard Options
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Adjusting Internet Options
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Adjusting Sounds and Audio Options
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Adjusting Taskbar and Start Menu Options
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Adjusting Users Accounts Options
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Adjusting Speech Options
StickyKeys is an accessibility feature designed for people who have difficulty holding down two or more keys at a time. When a shortcut requires a key combination such as CTRL+P, StickyKeys will enable you to press one key at a time instead of pressing them simultaneously. This procedure tells you how to turn on StickyKeys through Accessibility Options in Control Panel.
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Mouse actions
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Keyboard actions
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On the Start menu:
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Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key  .)
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Select Control Panel by pressing C.
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In Control Panel:
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Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
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Select Accessibility Options.
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In Control Panel:
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Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
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If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
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Press ENTER.
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Press the RIGHT ARROW key, and then the LEFT ARROW key to select Accessibility Options.
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Press ENTER.
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In the Accessibility Options dialog box, on the Keyboard tab:
To turn on StickyKeys:
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Select the Use StickyKeys check box.
Note To turn off StickyKeys, clear the Use StickyKeys check box.
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In the Accessibility Options dialog box, on the Keyboard tab:
To turn on StickyKeys:
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Select the Use StickyKeys check box by pressing U.
Note To turn off StickyKeys, clear the Use StickyKeys check box by pressing U.
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To access StickyKeys settings:
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To access StickyKeys settings:
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Select Settings by pressing S.
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In the Settings for StickyKeys dialog box:
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In the Settings for StickyKeys dialog box:
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Select options by pressing the underlined access keys (see notes below).
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Press ENTER twice to save the settings and exit Accessibility Options.
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To close Control Panel:
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To close Control Panel:
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Notes:
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To use the shortcut that allows you to turn StickyKeys on or off by pressing the SHIFT key five times, select the Use shortcut check box (Press U).
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To specify that when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key is pressed twice in succession, the key will remain active until the key is pressed again, under Options, select the Press modifier key twice to lock check box (Press P).
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To turn off StickyKeys when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key and another key are pressed simultaneously, under Options, select the Turn StickyKeys off if two keys are pressed at once check box (Press T).
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To play a tone to indicate when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key is pressed, locked, or released, under Notification, select the Make sounds when modifier key is pressed check box (Press M).
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To display an icon for StickyKeys on the taskbar when StickyKeys is turned on, under Notification, select the Show StickyKeys status on screen check box (Press S).
Control Panel: Accessibility Options: Keyboard tab: Use StickyKeys
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